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Paxton Knight
Pyraminx · top 14.6% of 130,891 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025KNIG05
Paxton Knight has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.22, set at Missouri Championship 2026, puts him in the top 14.6% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,892nd in the United States. Across 6 competitions since September 2025, he has put 193 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.44 in September 2025 to 13.79, a 33% improvement. Paxton has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 5.22 | 10.35 | top 14.6% | 3,892 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 3.48 | 5.27 | top 20.0% | 7,968 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 13.79 | 15.79 | top 20.3% | 11,098 / 60,666 | |
| Clock | 16.12 | 19.23 | top 52.3% | 4,415 / 9,172 | |
| 4×4 | 1:26.54 | 1:34.75 | top 61.1% | 10,802 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 2:31.96 | — | top 62.2% | 4,816 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 44.41 | 55.57 | top 71.0% | 10,343 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 2:42.86 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,429 / 9,537 | |
| Skewb | 18.32 | 21.14 | top 86.8% | 16,939 / 19,164 |
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
- 7 Aug 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.79 at Missouri Championship 2026.
- 7 Aug 2026Five personal bests in one day at Missouri Championship 2026.
- 22 May 2026First sub-20 3×3: 16.18 at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026.
- 22 May 2026Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026.
- 13 Sep 2025First competition: Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025. A 25.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Blink and You'll Miss It NE 2026 · 26 Sep 2026
- Missouri Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026 · 22 May 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Nebraska Championship 2026 · 10 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 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.
- Chaeli Baker — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Coleton Pleiss — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jayben Keene — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.