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Patrick Ponce

3×3 one-handed · top 0.0014% of 73,695 all-time · competing since September 2012 · 2012PONC02

Patrick Ponce has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 5.62, set at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.0014% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in the United States. Until August 2026, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 156 competitions since September 2012, he has put 7,666 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.08 in September 2012 to 4.17, an 83% improvement. Patrick has entered 156 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 0.0014% of 73,695 all-time
5.62
signature single · Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026
7,666
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×3 one-handed5.628.65
top 0.0014%1 / 15,683
4×418.0621.51
top 0.017%4 / 19,072
3×34.175.54
top 0.024%20 / 59,724
5×537.9041.49
top 0.066%4 / 9,401
6×61:11.741:18.95
top 0.18%10 / 4,196
Megaminx31.0635.40
top 0.29%20 / 7,841
2×20.871.68
top 0.33%141 / 40,951
Square-15.497.30
top 0.47%47 / 6,743
7×72:05.602:11.20
top 0.96%29 / 3,184
Skewb2.698.34
top 3.6%564 / 18,907
3×3 blindfolded40.8249.73
top 7.0%137 / 2,092
Pyraminx4.206.63
top 8.7%2,229 / 28,708
Clock7.648.77
top 13.5%1,034 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves—
top 14.8%327 / 2,040
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 5 cubes · 22:55—
top 35.4%264 / 731
4×4 blindfolded17:11.00—
early days — 1 solve348 / 440

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

Princeton Fall 2012: 25.08Liberty Science Center Open 2012: 17.46Monmouth County Open 2013: 15.28Newark Head to Head 2013: 13.63CCFC Fall 2013: 12.06Starlight Open 2013: 10.56Liberty Science Center Open 2013: 9.23Williams Winter 2014: 8.72Yale Spring 2014: 8.93CCFC BLD Day 2014: 7.61US Nationals 2014: 7.69Red Cross Cubing Open 2014: 7.84River Hill Winter 2015: 7.09Doylestown Spring 2015: 7.00Slow n Steady Fall 2015: 7.18Liberty Science 2015: 5.92Red Cross Cubing Open 2016: 5.90Princeton Winter 2016: 6.76Big Apple Cube Clash 2016: 7.11Manhasset Spring 2016: 6.38Big Apple Spring 2016: 5.63Cube For A Cure Spring 2016: 6.87Cube4Cam 2016: 7.48US Nationals 2016: 6.55Slow N Steady Fall 2016: 6.54Princeton Fall 2016: 6.33Severna Park Fall 2016: 6.32Hudson Valley Open Fall 2016: 6.28Clifton Winter 2017: 6.60New York City Winter 2017: 6.12Slow N Steady Spring 2017: 5.80Red Cross Cubing Open 2017: 5.94Don't Mess With Texas 2017: 5.37Big Cube Bash 2017: 6.72EZ Cubes Spring 2017: 6.86Hudson Valley Spring 2017: 6.38CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 6.12World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 5.47Rally In The Valley 2017: 4.69Maryland 2017: 5.75UPenn Cube Day Fall 2017: 6.39Hudson Valley Fall 2017: 6.44TJHSST Fall 2017: 6.03Liberty Science Center Open 2017: 6.43North Star Cubing Challenge 2018: 5.71Penn Cube Day Winter 2018: 5.08Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 6.51Rutgers Spring 2018: 6.06No Place For DNF Spring 2018: 5.04Lower Moreland Spring 2018: 5.57North Plainfield Open 2018: 6.09New Hope Open Spring 2018: 5.84Brooklyn 2018: 5.71West Coast Cubing Tour - Fresno 2018: 5.24West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018: 6.02CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 5.32Slow N Steady Summer 2018: 6.14Fall Foliage Cubing 2018: 5.81New York City Fall 2018: 5.68Lower Moreland Fall 2018: 5.28CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018: 5.82Skillcon 2018: 6.11New Hope Open Winter 2019: 5.82Princeton Winter 2019: 5.61CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019: 4.24Long Island Winter 2019: 5.46Lower Moreland Winter 2019: 4.97Ridge Cubing 2019: 5.08Penn Cube Day Spring 2019: 5.73George School Open 2019: 5.88National Capital Region 2019: 5.39Warm Up Sydney 2019: 5.79WCA World Championship 2019: 5.81CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 5.74Slow N Steady Summer 2019: 5.41Liberty Science Center Open 2019: 5.57Canandaigua Winter 2020: 4.78Scranton Scramble 2020: 5.42Slow N Steady Winter 2020: 5.18GA Cubers Return A 2021: 5.26Empire State Summer A 2021: 6.14Finnish Championship 2021: 5.34Tuam Re-Open Saturday 2021: 5.41Empire State Winter A 2022: 4.89Wakefield Open 2022: 5.38Kubkvarna 2022: 5.22Weston-super-Mare Open 2022: 5.44Baztan Open 2022: 5.66Stevenage Spring 2022: 4.59Wakefield Spring 2022: 5.22CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 4.80New York Championship 2022: 5.19Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 5.10Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 4.60East Brunswick Open 2022: 4.96Babylon Summer 2022: 5.05Princeton Fall 2022: 4.37New York Yopen 2022: 4.49Pittsburgh Fall 2022: 5.16Puzzling in Providence 2023: 5.03Pretzel Mania 2023: 5.50Niskayuna Nimble Fingers 2023: 4.85NJIT Spring 2023: 4.76Baztan Open 2023: 4.86PBs in Palisades 2023: 5.14GCU Spring 2023: 4.63Clash at Carlisle Spring 2023: 5.49North Jersey Speedsolving B 2023: 5.27CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023: 4.89CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 5.36Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 5.33Amsterdam Open 2023: 5.71Belgian Nationals 2023: 5.20Dutch Nationals 2023: 5.38Don't Fail Kinsale 2023: 4.82Leersum Algs 2024: 4.69Dutch Winter South 2024: 5.26Wiltshire February 2024: 5.15Arnhem Open A 2024: 5.39Baztan Open 2024: 5.76Capelle Cubing 2024: 4.71Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 4.46Leersum Algs 24 Hours in 2024: 5.20Heerenveen Open 2024: 4.95Visé Open Sunday 2024: 5.24Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 5.40Dutch Open 2024: 5.23Polish Championship 2024: 4.85Dutch Nationals 2024: 4.73Alphen Cubing 2025: 5.77Leersum Squared 2025: 4.74Squockholm Open 2025: 5.13Hasselt Sunday Open 2025: 4.58Lente in Lent 2025: 5.50Quick 'n Slick Meppel 2025: 5.46Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 5.68Connecticut Championship 2025: 5.16Fort Lee Summer 2025: 4.87Cubing in the Ocean County 2025: 5.18Rubik's Dutch Nationals 2025: 5.16Take Your Time Ermelo 2025: 5.01Belgian Nationals 2025: 5.08Pakje Open in Lent 2025: 5.31Cubing in Oud IJsselmuiden 2025: 5.32Freezing Fryslân 2025: 4.17Cuenca Open 2026: 4.89Tabacundo Open 2026: 5.20Copa Soledad Baby Libros 2026: 5.05Warm Up Lent 2026: 5.26Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 4.89Mid-Atlantic Warm-Up 2026: 4.92Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 4.344.1725.0822 Sep 201214 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-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.