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Ordway Persyn

2×2 · top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016PERS01

Ordway Persyn has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.25, set at NOLA Cube Fest 2026, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 501st in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 58 competitions since January 2016, he has put 2,983 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.94 in January 2016 to 7.50, a 42% improvement. Ordway has entered 58 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.25
signature single · NOLA Cube Fest 2026
2,983
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.253.16
top 1.2%501 / 40,951
3×37.5010.12
top 2.0%1,178 / 59,724
Pyraminx2.723.75
top 2.8%731 / 28,708
4×431.1937.65
top 3.6%576 / 19,072
5×558.201:07.15
top 4.7%383 / 9,401
Skewb3.034.84
top 5.1%789 / 18,907
6×61:52.202:05.63
top 8.0%275 / 4,196
Megaminx1:01.841:12.10
top 11.0%743 / 7,841
7×73:03.783:09.00
top 11.7%317 / 3,184
3×3 one-handed17.5424.91
top 13.9%1,807 / 15,683
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves37.67
top 14.8%327 / 2,040
Square-115.5428.74
top 17.6%1,194 / 6,743
Clock9.2510.29
top 21.2%1,644 / 8,927
3×3 blindfolded1:41.012:16.70
top 26.9%561 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 10 cubes · 50:44—
top 33.0%247 / 731
4×4 blindfolded10:40.00—
top 60.8%255 / 440
5×5 blindfolded22:14.00—
early days — 1 solve154 / 218

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

South East Texas Open 2016: 12.94Cajun Cube Clash 2016: 11.79South East Texas Open 2017: 12.83Don't Mess With Texas 2017: 11.53Cajun Cube Clash 2017: 11.69Wake Up Late 2017: 10.66South East Texas Open 2018: 12.43Cubalaya 2018: 11.77Cajun Cube Clash 2018: 11.98Bayou Back to School 2018: 9.83Fleur-de-lis Fall 2018: 11.46Southeast Texas Winter 2019: 10.12Cubalaya 2019: 10.77Acadiana Classic 2019: 10.87Cajun Cube Clash 2019: 11.02Lafayette Fall 2019: 9.51Baton Rouge Winter 2022: 10.49Starkvegas Spring 2022: 10.94Cowbell Cubing 2022: 9.44Baton Rouge Winter 2023: 10.08Solving in Shreveport 2023: 9.57Bayou Big Cubes 2023: 10.27Cajun Cube Clash 2023: 10.15Louisiana Mega Two Day 2023: 10.40Fleur-de-Lis Fall LA 2023: 9.67Baton Rouge Winter 2024: 10.11Bayou Big Cubes 2024: 8.89Red Stick Spring 2024: 10.33Louisiana Championship 2024: 8.92Cajun Cube Clash 2024: 10.72CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024: 9.42Fleur-de-Lis Fall LA 2024: 9.04New Orleans 2024: 9.11Baton Rouge Winter A 2025: 10.29Mississippi Championship 2025: 10.08Cube Against Cancer New Orleans 2025: 9.51South East Louisiana Open 2025: 9.80Assumption Mustang Cubing 2025: 10.00CubingUSA Southern Championship 2025: 9.92Louisiana Mega Two Day 2025: 9.52Cajun Cube Clash 2025: 10.14LA Twist or Treat 2025: 8.28LA Unorthodox Twistgiving 2025: 9.39Baton Rouge Winter 2026: 9.55Cube Against Cancer LA 2026: 9.96NOLA Cube Fest 2026: 7.91LA Summer Throwdown 2026: 7.50Cubalaya LA 2026: 9.65Cubing the Coast MS 2026: 8.77Cajun Cube Clash 2026: 8.867.5012.942 Jan 201629 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.