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Quinn Butterfield
3×3 · top 4.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017BUTT01
Quinn Butterfield has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.01, set at Puzzles in Pittsford 2026, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,735th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since November 2017, he has put 278 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.13 in November 2017 to 9.01, a 47% improvement. Quinn has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 9.01 | 11.05 | top 4.9% | 2,735 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.54 | 5.46 | top 9.3% | 3,669 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.30 | 8.03 | top 15.1% | 3,956 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 42.92 | 49.46 | top 15.7% | 2,369 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.16 | 1:31.56 | top 21.7% | 1,681 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 6.38 | 12.40 | top 28.7% | 4,722 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.26 | 26.73 | top 32.2% | 4,201 / 15,683 | |
| 6×6 | 3:08.53 | 3:26.93 | top 44.9% | 1,658 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 5:49.16 | 6:08.47 | early days — 3 solves | 1,962 / 3,184 | |
| Megaminx | 2:41.26 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,103 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 47.70 | 1:06.28 | top 73.9% | 4,867 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 60 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,918 / 2,040 |
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
- 9 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.01 at Puzzles in Pittsford 2026.
- 6 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Ridge Cubing 2019.
- 5 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at Hudson Valley Winter 2019.
- 21 Oct 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.95 at New York City Fall 2018.
- 5 Nov 2017First competition: Hudson Valley Fall 2017. A 17.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NAC Prep in Palisades 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- ROC the Cube NY 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Puzzles in Pittsford 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Meadowlands 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Ridge Cubing 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Princeton Winter 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Hudson Valley Winter 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- New York City Fall 2018 · 21 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2018 · 29 Sep 2018
- Brooklyn 2018 · 8 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Lower Moreland Spring 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Incredible Pencil Mania 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Hudson Valley Fall 2017 · 5 Nov 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.
- Lauren Phung — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kymberlyn Calderon — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nestor Sokhan — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.