People · United States
Payton Robertson
3×3 · top 9.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017ROBE14
Payton Robertson has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.56, set at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026, puts him in the top 9.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,090th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since May 2017, he has put 137 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.28 in May 2017 to 10.56, a 66% improvement. Payton 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.56 | 13.03 | top 9.2% | 5,090 / 60,666 | |
| Square-1 | 14.68 | 22.70 | top 15.7% | 1,075 / 6,846 | |
| Skewb | 5.74 | 12.33 | top 23.8% | 3,891 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 3.88 | 5.14 | top 25.0% | 9,952 / 41,674 | |
| Megaminx | 2:15.14 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,145 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 39.26 | 48.01 | top 64.3% | 9,229 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:39.73 | — | early days — 2 solves | 12,840 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.20 | 19.83 | top 78.7% | 23,680 / 29,168 |
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
- 19 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Happy Valley Spring PA 2026.
- 10 Feb 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.59 at Incredible Pencil Mania 2018.
- 9 Sep 2017First sub-30 3×3: 19.11 at Howland High Fall 2017.
- 9 Sep 2017First sub-20 3×3: 19.11 at Howland High Fall 2017.
- 27 May 2017First competition: EZ Cubes Spring 2017. A 31.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Happy Valley Spring PA 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Ephrata Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- NxNything Goes Bloomsburg 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Incredible Pencil Mania 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Howland High Fall 2017 · 9 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- EZ Cubes Spring 2017 · 27 May 2017
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.
- Zach Ridall — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Declan Wilhelm — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Henry Hammer — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-12 Square-1 single — 2,552 people have one; it is 2.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.