People · United States
Peter Cavanaugh
3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022CAVA01
Peter Cavanaugh has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.82, set at Houston Back to School 2025, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,442nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since August 2022, he has put 346 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 8 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.78 in August 2022 to 7.82, a 39% improvement. Peter has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 7.82 | 8.76 | top 2.5% | 1,442 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.99 | 6.10 | top 3.6% | 953 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.71 | 18.36 | top 7.5% | 1,003 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 2.41 | 3.70 | top 8.0% | 3,178 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 4.94 | 8.73 | top 17.7% | 2,795 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 56.20 | 59.41 | top 32.2% | 5,107 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 12.76 | 16.09 | top 38.6% | 3,058 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 1:59.54 | 2:27.66 | top 45.4% | 3,340 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 2:11.05 | 3:08.74 | top 56.1% | 4,745 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 36.53 | 40.74 | top 60.6% | 3,994 / 6,743 |
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 2025Five personal bests in one day at Brazos Cubing Spring 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Space City Winter TX 2025.
- 22 Jun 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.72 at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023.
- 22 Jun 2023Twelve personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023.
- 6 Aug 2022First competition: BeCubed Summer 2022. A 12.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Space City Fall TX 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Houston Back to School 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Brazos Cubing Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Space City Winter TX 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
- Space City Winter 2024 · 6 Jan 2024
- Brazos Cubing Fall 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023 · 22 Jun 2023 — 12 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2022 · 23 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- BeCubed Summer 2022 · 6 Aug 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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Derek Herrera — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Matt Lee — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
Targets move as he improves.