People · United States
Monte Bolton
3×3 · top 32.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023BOLT04
Monte Bolton has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.43, set at Utah Snowball Bash 2025, puts him in the top 32.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,932nd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since May 2023, he has put 57 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.91 in May 2023 to 17.43, a 33% improvement. Monte has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.43 | 18.67 | top 32.4% | 17,932 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 5.12 | 5.68 | top 40.8% | 16,393 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 16.92 | 24.63 | top 83.8% | 16,091 / 18,907 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 13 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Utah Snowball Bash 2025.
- 26 Oct 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.38 at Utah Valley Open 2024.
- 19 May 2023First competition: Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023. A 25.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Utah Snowball Bash 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Valley Open 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Back to School Utah 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Southern Utah Summer 2023 · 27 May 2023
- Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023 · 19 May 2023
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Isaac Myers — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Cade Beck — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Canyon Pettitt — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.43 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.