People · Canada
Payton Freitag
2×2 · top 0.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022FREI08
Payton Freitag has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.97, set at Queen City Cubing Regina 2024, puts him in the top 0.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 31st in Canada. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since November 2022, he has put 355 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.13 in November 2022 to 8.72, a 59% improvement. Payton has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 0.97 | 3.14 | top 0.5% | 31 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 8.72 | 11.44 | top 4.2% | 402 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.57 | 7.52 | top 10.6% | 385 / 4,858 | |
| Clock | 7.36 | 8.56 | top 12.4% | 89 / 1,029 | |
| 4×4 | 42.47 | 50.81 | top 15.0% | 381 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.03 | 30.44 | top 17.9% | 385 / 2,620 | |
| Skewb | 6.10 | 7.27 | top 26.5% | 641 / 2,907 | |
| Square-1 | 27.40 | 38.89 | top 44.4% | 385 / 952 | |
| 5×5 | 2:04.46 | 2:11.18 | top 52.1% | 689 / 1,499 | |
| Megaminx | 2:26.73 | 2:46.24 | top 59.6% | 704 / 1,375 | |
| 6×6 | 6:14.28 | — | early days — 2 solves | 573 / 665 |
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
- 20 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Calgary Summer B 2025.
- 2 Nov 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.72 at Canadian Prairie Championship 2024.
- 2 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Canadian Prairie Championship 2024.
- 4 May 2024Eight personal bests in one day at The Battlefords: Cubers Strike Back 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Queen City Cubing Regina 2024.
- 23 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.34 at Foothills NxNs 2023.
Competitions
- Regina Newcomers 2026 · 21 Mar 2026
- Regina Twist 'N Treat 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- Calgary Summer B 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Saskatchewan Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Canadian Prairie Championship 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- The Battlefords: Cubers Strike Back 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- Queen City Cubing Regina 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Afraid in Airdrie 2023 · 29 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Foothills NxNs 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- National Capital Region B 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Sylvan Solves 2022 · 5 Nov 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.
- Laura Plourde — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Alex Mutch — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Kye Riddell — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.