People · United States
Paul Spencer
2×2 · top 12.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023SPEN04
Paul Spencer has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.81, set at NoVa Cube Winter 2024, puts him in the top 12.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,777th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since October 2023, he has put 141 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.03 in October 2023 to 11.97, a 37% 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.81 | 5.58 | top 12.1% | 4,777 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.97 | 14.67 | top 13.8% | 7,390 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.16 | 11.56 | top 37.5% | 10,695 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 9.14 | 15.54 | top 49.4% | 8,831 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:19.66 | 1:33.77 | top 55.6% | 9,534 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:19.90 | 2:30.44 | top 61.0% | 5,239 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:30.13 | — | top 61.1% | 4,611 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.94 | 40.19 | top 62.3% | 8,792 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 39.43 | 57.27 | top 64.7% | 4,246 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 53 moves | 54.33 | early days — 3 solves | 1,726 / 2,040 | |
| 6×6 | 5:21.97 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,482 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 9:15.68 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,070 / 3,184 |
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
- 13 Apr 2024First sub-15 3×3: 11.97 at Slow N Steady Spring 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady Spring 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024Five personal bests in one day at NoVa Cube Winter 2024.
- 10 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2023.
- 7 Oct 2023First competition: Slow N Steady Fall 2023. A 19.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- NoVa Cube Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- River Hill Fall 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 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.
- Hassan Khanani — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead once
- Panashe Sharma — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead once
- Rich Tayag — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.