People · Lithuania
Paul Fagans
Pyraminx · top 4.5% of 130,891 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022FAGA01
Paul Fagans has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.24, set at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in Lithuania. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since July 2022, he has put 257 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.10 in July 2022 to 9.72, a 43% improvement. Paul has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Lithuania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.24 | 6.97 | top 4.5% | 32 / 177 | |
| 2×2 | 2.15 | 4.03 | top 5.9% | 24 / 252 | |
| 3×3 | 9.72 | 11.54 | top 6.7% | 31 / 327 | |
| 4×4 | 37.97 | 44.34 | top 9.8% | 16 / 153 | |
| Skewb | 4.20 | 7.19 | top 12.4% | 22 / 108 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.31 | 1:27.08 | top 22.0% | 19 / 97 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.93 | 24.99 | top 28.6% | 33 / 118 | |
| Megaminx | 1:55.62 | 2:15.54 | top 43.6% | 0 / 81 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.72 at Back in Ermelo 2026.
- 17 Oct 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Back in Ermelo 2026.
- 12 Sep 2026Four personal bests in one day at Visé Saturday Open 2026.
- 25 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania 2023.
- 5 Nov 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.23 at Concordia Turning 2022.
- 29 Jul 2022First competition: CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022. A 17.10 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Back in Ermelo 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Visé Saturday Open 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Naperville Winter A 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Concordia Turning 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022 · 29 Jul 2022
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.
- Carter Kucala — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tristan Paulussen — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Christopher Sun — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.