People · United States
Rhys Courtine
3×3 · top 3.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024COUR06
Rhys Courtine has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.23, set at Soda City Cubing SC 2026, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,859th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since November 2024, he has put 359 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.94 in November 2024 to 8.23, a 41% improvement. Rhys 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 | 8.23 | 10.95 | top 3.2% | 1,859 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 1.78 | 2.71 | top 3.5% | 1,397 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 35.86 | 42.50 | top 7.6% | 1,175 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.19 | 7.32 | top 8.7% | 2,264 / 29,168 | |
| Megaminx | 1:00.09 | 1:15.04 | top 10.1% | 710 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 1:09.59 | 1:15.06 | top 11.4% | 896 / 9,537 | |
| Skewb | 4.15 | 5.44 | top 12.0% | 1,886 / 19,164 | |
| 7×7 | 3:06.42 | 3:21.42 | top 12.3% | 340 / 3,236 | |
| 6×6 | 2:04.01 | 2:09.65 | top 12.8% | 472 / 4,262 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.46 | 19.60 | top 13.8% | 1,808 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 8.87 | 11.21 | top 19.2% | 1,498 / 9,172 | |
| Square-1 | 20.04 | 24.23 | top 28.2% | 1,872 / 6,846 |
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
- 26 Sep 2026Four personal bests in one day at Soda City Cubing SC 2026.
- 2 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Bull City Big Cubes NC 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.82 at Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2026.
- 22 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at NxN Nonsense NC 2026.
- 9 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Clemson Cube Catastrophe 2025.
Competitions
- Soda City Cubing SC 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Bull City Big Cubes NC 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- NxN Nonsense NC 2026 · 22 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Clemson Cube Catastrophe 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- North Carolina Championship 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Charlotte Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Appalachian Highlands TN 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Katie Hull — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Justin Barker — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Eddie Szuster — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.