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Orrin Simpkins

Skewb · top 3.8% of 73,281 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017SIMP01

Orrin Simpkins has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.73, set at High Plains Solving 2023, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 587th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since January 2017, he has put 622 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Skewb best has come down from 5.03 in January 2017 to 2.73, a 46% improvement. Orrin has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 3.8% of 73,281 all-time
2.73
signature single · High Plains Solving 2023
622
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 50% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb2.734.79
top 3.8%587 / 18,907
Clock5.967.67
top 7.1%560 / 8,927
Pyraminx4.017.49
top 7.7%1,966 / 28,708
2×23.055.00
top 14.8%5,810 / 40,951
Square-125.0429.04
top 39.2%2,547 / 6,743
3×319.9425.37
top 39.8%22,537 / 59,724
4×41:56.09—
top 79.9%14,806 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed1:09.31—
top 88.7%13,516 / 15,683

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

Longmont Cube Open 2017: 5.031 Body Cubing 2017: 4.60Veterans Day Open 2017: 7.48Colorado Qualifier 2018: 5.02Pueblo Open 2018: 5.84Rocky Mountain Spring 2019: 5.98Colorado Qualifier 2019: 4.45Colorado Springs Winter 2020: 5.36Pikes Peak Returns B 2021: 5.25CO Solving in Fall for All 2022: 4.24Cubing in The Springs 2022: 4.07Loveland Fall 2022: 2.94High Plains Solving 2023: 2.73Happy Crew Cubing CO 2023: 4.44Mile High Megacomp 2023: 4.77Happy Holidays Colorado 2023: 4.05Pikes Peak PM 2026: 5.62Rocky Mountain Championship 2026: 4.832.737.487 Jan 201721 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, Skewb. 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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
  • A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.