People · United States
Patrick Strawder
4×4 · top 4.4% of 85,040 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024STRA19
Patrick Strawder has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 32.22, set at ROC the Cube NY 2026, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 85,040 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 705th in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 44 competitions since November 2024, he has put 1,895 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.92 in November 2024 to 9.01, a 24% improvement. Patrick has entered 44 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 32.22 | 39.66 | top 4.4% | 705 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 58.47 | 1:01.87 | top 4.8% | 404 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 | 9.01 | 11.21 | top 4.9% | 2,794 / 60,666 | |
| 7×7 | 2:50.97 | 3:04.56 | top 8.2% | 226 / 3,236 | |
| 2×2 | 2.45 | 3.98 | top 8.5% | 3,379 / 41,674 | |
| 6×6 | 1:54.17 | 2:00.02 | top 8.8% | 316 / 4,262 | |
| Clock | 7.45 | 9.07 | top 12.7% | 993 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 1:07.89 | 1:16.01 | top 14.4% | 996 / 8,026 | |
| Skewb | 4.58 | 7.95 | top 15.1% | 2,397 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.32 | 8.77 | top 15.2% | 4,059 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.17 | 28.72 | top 21.0% | 2,712 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 25.88 | 35.26 | top 41.2% | 2,707 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 49 moves | 57.67 | top 76.9% | 1,592 / 2,059 |
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
- 30 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at ROC the Cube NY 2026.
- 14 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cubing in the 'Cuse 2026.
- 14 Feb 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.59 at Corning Winter 2026.
- 17 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Two Buffalo Cube Days 2026.
- 27 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Gouverneur NxNoPeeking 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
Competitions
- Back To School Buffalo 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Brighton Brawl NY 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Chenango County Summer 2026 · 19 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Finger Lakes Side Events 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Syracuse Elite Cubing 2026 · 12 Jul 2026
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026
- Palmyra Spring 2026 · 31 May 2026
- ROC the Cube NY 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Presidential Puzzles in PA 2026 · 16 May 2026
- Alfred University 2026 · 10 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzles in Pittsford 2026 · 9 May 2026
- Cube Against Cancer Dunkirk 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Brockport Bash 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- RIT Tiger Twist 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Dockin and Clockin Dunkirk 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- Cubing in the 'Cuse 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Empire State ALL11-Stars 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Medina Mayhem 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Mohawk Valley Winter 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Corning Winter 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Two Buffalo Cube Days 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Fingertricks in Fredonia 2025 · 1 Nov 2025
- New York Championship 2025 · 12 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Clocktober Classic NY 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Gouverneur NxNoPeeking 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Brockport Bolt 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Fredonia Finals 2025 · 26 Jul 2025
- Binghamton Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- St. Bonaventure 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Horseheads Odds 2025 · 22 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- ROC the Cube NY 2025 · 21 Jun 2025
- One-Handed Open NY 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Clifton Park Big Cubes 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- The Battle of Lexington Semiquincentennial 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- A Good Friday in Horseheads 2025 · 18 Apr 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Buffalo 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Binghamton Cube Day 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in the 'Cuse 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Pittsburgh Winter 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Winter 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Binghamton Winter 2025 · 12 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- A Buffalo Cube Day 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- ALL1- Empire State 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Louis Truong — met in 354 rounds, finished ahead 31 times · head to head
- Jake Oppedisano — met in 244 rounds, finished ahead 125 times
- Evan Liu — met in 242 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 2.22 away.
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 733 people have one; it is 8.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.