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Patrick Strawder

4×4 · top 4.4% of 83,917 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024STRA19

Patrick Strawder has been competing for a year. 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 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 693rd in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 42 competitions since November 2024, he has put 1,827 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 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 42 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 4.4% of 83,917 all-time
32.22
signature single · ROC the Cube NY 2026
1,827
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
4×432.2240.79
top 4.4%693 / 19,072
5×558.471:01.87
top 4.8%393 / 9,401
3×39.0111.21
top 4.9%2,735 / 59,724
7×72:50.973:04.56
top 8.2%223 / 3,184
2×22.453.98
top 8.4%3,319 / 40,951
6×61:54.172:00.02
top 8.8%309 / 4,196
Clock7.459.07
top 12.8%973 / 8,927
Megaminx1:07.891:16.01
top 14.4%973 / 7,841
Skewb4.587.95
top 15.1%2,364 / 18,907
Pyraminx5.328.77
top 15.2%3,984 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed20.1728.72
top 20.9%2,674 / 15,683
Square-127.3538.55
top 44.3%2,877 / 6,743
3×3 Fewest Moves52 moves57.67
early days — 3 solves1,683 / 2,040

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

ALL1- Empire State 2024: 11.92A Buffalo Cube Day 2024: 12.06Binghamton Winter 2025: 14.88Empire State Winter 2025: 11.73Pittsburgh Winter 2025: 12.51Cubing in the 'Cuse 2025: 10.54Binghamton Cube Day 2025: 10.71Cube Against Cancer Buffalo 2025: 11.58The Battle of Lexington Semiquincentennial 2025: 12.19One-Handed Open NY 2025: 12.60ROC the Cube NY 2025: 10.64Horseheads Odds 2025: 11.37St. Bonaventure 2025: 10.78Binghamton Summer 2025: 11.15Fredonia Finals 2025: 11.56Brockport Bolt 2025: 10.79CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025: 11.29Gouverneur NxNoPeeking 2025: 11.46Clocktober Classic NY 2025: 11.68New York Championship 2025: 10.81Fingertricks in Fredonia 2025: 10.71Two Buffalo Cube Days 2026: 10.43Corning Winter 2026: 9.59Mohawk Valley Winter 2026: 11.27Medina Mayhem 2026: 10.76Empire State ALL11-Stars 2026: 11.41Cubing in the 'Cuse 2026: 9.93Dockin and Clockin Dunkirk 2026: 11.11RIT Tiger Twist 2026: 10.52Brockport Bash 2026: 10.03Cube Against Cancer Dunkirk 2026: 11.36Puzzles in Pittsford 2026: 10.38Alfred University 2026: 10.98Presidential Puzzles in PA 2026: 10.07ROC the Cube NY 2026: 9.01Palmyra Spring 2026: 10.93Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 10.97Syracuse Elite Cubing 2026: 10.73Chenango County Summer 2026: 10.879.0114.882 Nov 202419 Jul 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-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.22 away.
  • A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 8.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.