People · United States
Porter John Schaff
2×2 · top 6.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022SCHA07
Porter John Schaff has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.20, set at Oredigger Open CO 2025, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,477th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since May 2022, he has put 326 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.82 in May 2022 to 13.63, a 51% improvement. Porter has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 2.20 | 5.63 | top 6.2% | 2,477 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 13.63 | 18.98 | top 19.7% | 10,581 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.33 | 12.14 | top 22.5% | 6,058 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 15.03 | 17.04 | top 48.1% | 3,904 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:27.60 | 1:33.46 | top 61.8% | 10,797 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 12.29 | 18.17 | top 67.5% | 12,616 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 46.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,743 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 3:32.68 | — | top 87.0% | 8,084 / 9,401 |
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
- 8 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Colorado Mountain Tour - Evergreen 2024.
- 25 Feb 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.98 at Happy Crew Cubing CO 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Happy Crew Cubing CO 2023.
- 24 Sep 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.25 at CO Solving in Fall for All 2022.
- 20 May 2022First competition: Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2022. A 27.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pi Day Cubing CO 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Longmont Open 2025 · 19 Apr 2025
- Oredigger Open CO 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- DeNxNver 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Golden Touch 2024 · 5 Oct 2024
- Back to School Colorado 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Mountain Tour - Evergreen 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Cherry on Top Colorado PM 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pillar of Fire Colorado 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- The Art of the Cube Colorado 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Colorado Jungle Jumble 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Mile High Megacomp 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Happy Crew Cubing CO 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bundle Up Broomfield 2023 · 21 Jan 2023
- LoCo Cubing AM 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Loveland Fall 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- CO Solving in Fall for All 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Idaho French Fried 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2022 · 20 May 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.
- Preston Hoing — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Stone Amsbaugh — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead once
- Raymos Castillo — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.