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River Alvarran Belz

3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024BELZ01

River Alvarran Belz has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.82, set at Lakewood Spring 2026, puts her in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 712th in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since March 2024, she has put 931 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 25.25 in March 2024 to 6.82, a 73% improvement. River has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time
6.82
signature single · Lakewood Spring 2026
931
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.8210.69
top 1.1%712 / 59,724
2×21.792.50
top 3.5%1,386 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed15.2019.72
top 8.5%1,137 / 15,683
Pyraminx4.716.78
top 11.5%2,982 / 28,708
4×440.9646.53
top 13.2%1,968 / 19,072
Skewb4.827.74
top 16.8%2,661 / 18,907
5×51:18.921:24.97
top 18.2%1,410 / 9,401
Megaminx1:21.811:32.31
top 23.0%1,581 / 7,841
6×62:25.252:45.38
top 23.2%821 / 4,196
Clock11.2515.02
top 31.4%2,460 / 8,927
7×74:03.884:12.57
top 32.2%899 / 3,184
Square-124.4531.92
top 37.9%2,465 / 6,743
3×3 blindfolded2:47.963:37.68
top 49.0%1,049 / 2,092
4×4 blindfolded20:25.00—
early days — 1 solve390 / 440
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 6 cubes · 48:14—
early days — 1 solve725 / 731

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

Lakewood Newcomers 2024: 25.25Olympia Classic 2024: 23.52Kent Spring 2024: 17.54Husky Pride Seattle 2024: 16.70CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024: 20.15Tacoma Summer 2024: 13.71BC Championship 2024: 14.95La La Land 2024: 14.91Olympia Fall 2024: 13.49Lakewood Fall 2024: 13.79Maple Ridge Favourites 2025: 13.78Tacoma Winter 2025: 12.95Bellevue Squan Fest January 2025: 12.14Lakewood Newcomers 2025: 12.06Worlds Warmup Woodinville 2025: 12.56Warmup for Worlds Olympia 2025: 11.32Kent Spring 2025: 12.44Warm Up Seattle 2025: 10.35Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025: 10.08Michigan Championship 2025: 8.81Seattle Cube Cascade UW 2025: 9.75Lakewood Fall 2025: 8.64Kent Fall 2025: 7.99North Sound Spring 2026: 10.06Lakewood Spring 2026: 6.82Kent Spring 2026: 9.13Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 11.32Seattle Summer 2026: 9.166.8225.2523 Mar 202411 Jul 2026

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as she improves.