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Paul Graziano

3×3 · top 31.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022GRAZ02

Paul Graziano has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.01, set at UMBC Winter 2026, puts him in the top 31.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,096th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since June 2022, he has put 43 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.93 in June 2022 to 17.01, a 43% improvement. Paul has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 31.0% of 284,439 all-time
17.01
signature single · UMBC Winter 2026
43
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.0122.32
top 31.0%17,096 / 59,724
2×27.508.44
top 64.3%26,491 / 40,951
Pyraminx12.2613.37
top 68.8%20,367 / 28,708
Skewb13.24
early days — 3 solves13,522 / 18,907

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

Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2022: 29.93Owings Mills Summer 2022: 30.35Silver Spring Summer 2022: 36.17UMBC Spring 2025: 18.82UMBC Winter 2026: 17.0117.0136.1718 Jun 202214 Feb 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.01 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.