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Paul Mahvi

3×3 · top 0.089% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2012 · 2012MAHV01

Paul Mahvi has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.82, set at Reno Spring 2024, puts him in the top 0.089% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 55th in the United States. Until November 2016, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 261 competitions since September 2012, he has put 14,837 official solves on the record across 14 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 36.66 in September 2012 to 4.82, an 87% improvement. Paul has entered 261 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.089% of 284,439 all-time
4.82
signature single · Reno Spring 2024
14,837
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
3×34.826.72
top 0.089%55 / 59,724
4×421.9625.12
top 0.18%35 / 19,072
Skewb1.293.19
top 0.19%27 / 18,907
5×540.8047.11
top 0.22%20 / 9,401
2×20.852.56
top 0.29%126 / 40,951
6×61:17.691:23.94
top 0.42%21 / 4,196
Pyraminx1.603.85
top 0.55%170 / 28,708
7×72:03.222:09.63
top 0.79%24 / 3,184
3×3 one-handed10.5314.08
top 1.4%226 / 15,683
Square-17.9811.51
top 3.0%220 / 6,743
Megaminx46.6857.43
top 3.7%269 / 7,841
Clock5.556.91
top 5.9%451 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves35.00
top 20.4%446 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded1:49.132:26.88
top 29.7%611 / 2,092

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

Berkeley Fall 2012: 36.66Stanford Fall 2012: 21.08Berkeley Winter 2013: 18.65World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 19.80Berkeley Summer 2013: 15.13Berkeley Fall 2013: 13.41Berkeley Winter 2014: 14.13Berkeley Spring 2014: 13.84BASC 3: Flagj Day 2014: 12.37US Nationals 2014: 12.39Berkeley Summer 2014: 13.43BASC 4: Día de los Cubos 2014: 11.16Berkeley Winter 2015: 9.15BASC 5: Everything But 2x2 2015: 9.68Berkeley Spring 2015: 9.38SPCS Stanford Spring 2015: 9.66BASC 6 2015: 9.89BASC 7 2015: 9.57US Nationals 2015: 6.32Atlanta Open 2015: 9.76Berkeley Summer 2015: 8.05Berkeley Fall 2015: 9.16Bay Area Speedcubin' 8 2016: 8.71Oregon State Alpha 2016: 8.73Berkeley Winter 2016: 8.57Berkeley Spring 2016: 8.49Reno Open 2016: 8.40West Friesche Open 2016: 8.97Berlin Summer Cube Days 2016: 8.78European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 7.61US Nationals 2016: 7.97Berkeley Summer 2016: 8.46Reno Fall 2016: 8.47Berkeley Fall 2016: 7.83Skillcon 2016: 7.42Armin Open 2017: 7.80Berkeley Winter 2017: 7.95MVCS Spring 2017: 7.66SacCubing I 2017: 7.28Reno Spring 2017: 7.47Bay Area Speedcubin' 10 2017: 7.456.25 Bay Area 2017: 7.32German Big Cube Open 2017: 7.05London Open 2017: 6.92World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 7.07SacCubing II 2017: 6.67Berkeley Summer 2017: 8.25San Francisco Bay Open 2017: 8.21San Ramon Cubed 2017: 7.05Reno Fall 2017: 7.35Berkeley Fall 2017: 7.41Skillcon 2017: 7.59South Enough 2018: 7.90SacCubing III 2018: 7.47Reno Winter 2018: 8.15Berkeley Winter 2018: 7.84Berkeley Spring 2018: 7.57Reno Spring 2018: 7.56SacCubing IV 2018: 6.60CubingUSA Western Championship 2018: 6.84Brooklyn 2018: 6.98West Coast Cubing Tour - Fresno 2018: 7.82West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018: 7.89CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 6.21CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2018: 6.99SacCubing V 2018: 7.69Bay Area Speedcubin' 12 2018: 6.24Reno Fall 2018: 6.76Berkeley Fall 2018: 6.66Skillcon 2018: 6.33SacCubing VI 2019: 7.49UCSD Winter 2019: 6.65Santa Barbara Winter 2019: 6.33Bay Area Speedcubin' 15 2019: 6.93Thousand Oaks Cubing Open 2019: 6.31Berkeley Spring 2019: 5.74Reno Spring 2019: 6.90Bay Area Speedcubin' 16 2019: 6.42SacCubing VII 2019: 6.88Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019: 7.36CubingUSA Western Championship 2019: 7.38Warm Up Sydney 2019: 7.69WCA World Championship 2019: 7.04Canadian Championship 2019: 6.46CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 7.68Indiana 2019: 6.74SacCubing VIII 2019: 6.89Berkeley Summer 2019: 7.30Santa Barbara Fall 2019: 7.26Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019: 7.14Reno Fall In Memoriam 2019: 6.97Berkeley Fall 2019: 7.41Bay Area Speedcubin' 21 2019: 7.21Puget Sound NxNxN 2019: 6.66Grossmont Fall 2019: 6.41Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019: 6.97Bay Area Speedcubin' 23 2020: 7.22UCSD Winter 2020: 6.98SacCubing IX 2020: 6.78Reno Winter 2020: 7.39Mudd Winter 2020: 6.36Idaho Summer A 2021: 6.84Missoula 2021: 6.95SacCubing X 2021: 6.28CalPoly SLO Fall 2021: 6.52CubingUSA Western Championship 2021: 6.31Idaho Spudcubing II 2021: 6.71Anaheim Winter A 2022: 6.35DeNxNver 2022: 6.38Cal Poly SLO Spring 2022: 6.30SacCubing XI 2022: 7.00Utah Puzzling for Awareness 2022: 7.67Bay Area Speedcubin' 32 LIVE - SSF 2022: 7.21Berkeley Summer 2022: 6.09Bay Area Speedcubin' 34 - San Ramon 2022: 6.44Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 6.52Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 7.05Speedcubing Slovakia 2022: 6.93German Nationals 2022: 7.19Irvine Summer 2022: 7.20Berkeley Fall 2022: 6.23Marshall Cubing September 2022: 6.84WCC Western Championship 2022: 6.38Reno Fall 2022: 7.54Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022: 6.11CubingUSA Texas Championship 2022: 6.95Bay Area Speedcubin' 40 - San Ramon 2022: 6.58AZCubing Winter 2022: 6.31SacCubing XIII 2023: 6.97Berkeley Winter A 2023: 6.84Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023: 6.88Sleepless in Seattle 2023: 6.97Cal Poly SLO Winter 2023: 7.20Baja Spring 2023: 7.29A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023: 7.08Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023: 6.86Mountains Open Up 2023: 7.71Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023: 6.90Colorado Waffle Jostle 2023: 6.62Gonna Need a Bigger Cube SD 2023: 5.92SacCubing XIV 2023: 6.58Westview Cubing Favorites 2023: 6.01Cal Poly SLO Spring 2023: 6.53Reno Summer 2023: 6.51CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023: 6.57Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023: 6.72CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 6.80Canadian Championship 2023: 6.90CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 6.75Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 6.64Berkeley Summer 2023: 6.73Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023: 6.23Reno Fall 2023: 5.56SacCubing XV 2023: 6.37Irvine Fall 2023: 6.95Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023: 5.97UCSD Extravaganza 2023: 6.89Jurupa Valley Cubing Fall 2023: 6.83Davis Fall 2023: 7.19Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023: 6.82Utah Championship 2023: 6.96Berkeley Fall 2023: 6.91Nub Open Mission Viejo 2023: 6.92Beckman Gets Big 2023: 5.35Folsom Winter 2023: 6.50Canada's Best in the West 2024: 6.52Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024: 6.59SacCubing XVI 2024: 6.53Honolulu Liʻiliʻi a ʻIke Maka 2024: 7.12Berkeley Winter 2024: 6.72Davis Winter 2024: 6.98Reno Spring 2024: 4.82Don't Turn SLOw Spring 2024: 6.01Bay Area Speedcubin' 58 - Berkeley 2024: 6.40Baja Spring 2024: 6.77Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024: 6.95Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024: 5.62Solar Eclipse in Sycamore 2024: 6.26Nebraska Championship 2024: 5.88Chico Spring 2024: 6.29Berkeley Spring 2024: 6.73San Diego Big Cub 2024: 6.57Wendlinger Würfelwochenende 2024: 5.89Hessen Open 2024: 6.16New Jersey Championship 2024: 6.87Reno Summer 2024: 6.27Berkeley Summer 2024: 6.79Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024: 6.27Folsom Summer 2024: 6.07Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 6.82CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 6.55Davis Summer 2024: 6.41La La Land 2024: 6.606x6 Still in a Madison Park 2024: 6.79Redding Fall 2024: 6.59Bay Area Speedcubin' 65 - Berkeley 2024: 6.65Davis Fall 2024: 6.39Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024: 5.52Belgian Nationals 2024: 6.39Greek Nationals 2024: 5.69Prague CubeMas 2024: 7.24Rocklin Winter 2024: 6.42Santa Barbara Winter 2025: 5.72Bay Area Speedcubin' 67 - San Ramon 2025: 6.63SacCubing XIX 2025: 6.51Davis Weeknight February 2025: 6.51Reno Mini Winter 2025: 6.87Berkeley Spring 2025: 6.82Yuba City Spring 2025: 7.01Baja Spring 2025: 6.83Mainzelcubing 2025: 6.81Cavarzere al Cubo 2025: 5.49Nevada Championship 2025: 5.86Rock-Cube-Lin Qualifier 2025: 6.45SacCubing XX 2025: 6.83West Coast Cubing Tour: Berkeley 2025: 6.21Warm Up Seattle 2025: 6.24Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.30Missouri Championship 2025: 6.79Davis Summer 2025: 6.80Reno Summer 2025: 6.54West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025: 6.18SacCubing XXI 2025: 6.42Berkeley Fall 2025: 7.11Reno Mini Fall 2025: 6.88Davis Fall 2025: 6.03Rubik's x TheCubicle CubingUSA All-Stars 2025: 6.89Yuba City Fall 2025: 6.24Dublin California Open 2025: 5.48Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025: 6.37Super Duper San Diego 2026: 5.61SacCubing XXII 2026: 6.32Davis Winter 2026: 6.76Davis Winter Weeknight 2026: 6.90Berkeley Favorites 2026: 6.14Yuba City Spring 2026: 6.65Zhuhai Pi Day 2026: 7.11Katano Spring 2026: 6.82Duper Super Davis Spring 2026: 6.45Malegno MegaOpen 2026: 6.58Früehligswürfelä z'Rootchrüüz 2026: 6.85West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026: 6.69Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 7.51Bring the Heat AZ 2026: 5.84Wild West Wyoming 2026: 6.76Rocky Mountain Championship 2026: 6.76Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026: 6.654.8236.662 Sep 201229 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 0.82 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 1.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.