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Rhys Young

3×3 · top 14.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023YOUN30

Rhys Young has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.14, set at Bull City Summer NC 2024, puts him in the top 14.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,684th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since November 2023, he has put 133 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.26 in November 2023 to 12.14, a 40% improvement. Rhys has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.4% of 284,439 all-time
12.14
signature single · Bull City Summer NC 2024
133
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.1413.57
top 14.4%7,684 / 59,724
2×23.285.30
top 17.5%6,877 / 40,951
Skewb5.007.60
top 18.1%2,872 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed25.1231.38
top 34.5%4,551 / 15,683
Clock12.3115.93
top 36.4%2,888 / 8,927
4×41:00.431:05.07
top 36.9%5,952 / 19,072
Megaminx2:00.212:08.66
top 45.8%3,364 / 7,841
Pyraminx9.5610.53
top 49.5%14,359 / 28,708
Square-147.361:06.00
top 73.6%4,845 / 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

Algorithms on Abercorn 2023: 20.26CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024: 14.20Bull City Summer NC 2024: 12.14Middle Georgia Mega Mania 2025: 13.0212.1420.2619 Nov 202320 Sep 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Clay Moore — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Alex Bohac — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Nathan Smith — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 6 times

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.