People · United States
Riley Sove
2×2 · top 5.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024SOVE01
Riley Sove has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.16, set at Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,357th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since November 2024, he has put 78 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 6% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.38 in November 2024 to 10.48, a 15% improvement. Riley has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 2.16 | 3.62 | top 5.9% | 2,357 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.48 | 10.99 | top 8.9% | 4,874 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 53.04 | 1:02.36 | top 28.4% | 4,405 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.72 | 13.15 | top 65.4% | 19,341 / 28,708 |
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
- 3 Nov 2024First competition: Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024. A 12.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Preble Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2025 · 23 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024 · 3 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.
- Lucy Grace Bryson — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- Luke Garrett — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jayden Clark — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.