People · United States
Porter Ayres
2×2 · top 8.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023AYRE02
Porter Ayres has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.44, set at Coosa Cubing Clash 2025, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,340th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since March 2023, he has put 285 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.44 in March 2023 to 11.08, a 43% improvement. Porter 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.44 | 3.97 | top 8.4% | 3,340 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 11.08 | 17.06 | top 10.8% | 5,902 / 60,666 | |
| Clock | 7.60 | 9.71 | top 13.3% | 1,052 / 9,172 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.78 | 9.27 | top 34.4% | 9,857 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 7.32 | 11.21 | top 36.2% | 6,245 / 19,164 | |
| Square-1 | 24.18 | 40.98 | top 37.3% | 2,461 / 6,846 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.14 | 1:17.77 | top 46.1% | 7,766 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.57 | 53.35 | top 61.8% | 8,829 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 2:31.48 | 2:39.92 | top 61.9% | 4,792 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 2:28.82 | 2:36.28 | top 65.3% | 5,772 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 6:27.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,940 / 4,262 |
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
- 6 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at Coosa Cubing Clash 2025.
- 13 Jun 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.81 at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025.
- 13 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025.
- 11 May 2024Five personal bests in one day at Alabama Championship 2024.
- 7 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at T-Town Showdown 2023.
- 19 Mar 2023First competition: Kendeda Kubing B 2023. A 19.44 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Fort Payne Summer 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Coosa Cubing Clash 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Fort Payne Summer 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025 · 13 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Coosa Cubing Clash 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- T-Town Showdown AL 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bama Big Cubes 2024 · 16 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Alabama Championship 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- T-Town Showdown 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- AL Cubers Warm Up 2023 · 1 Apr 2023
- Kendeda Kubing B 2023 · 19 Mar 2023
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.
- Roman Wofford — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Katie Hull — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jared Stinson — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.