People · United States
River Van Kirk
3×3 · top 17.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025KIRK05
River Van Kirk has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.00, set at Oldham County Fall 2025, puts him in the top 17.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,509th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since May 2025, he has put 76 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.31 in May 2025 to 13.00, a 47% improvement. River has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 13.00 | 16.66 | top 17.5% | 9,509 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.43 | 4.28 | top 19.4% | 7,716 / 41,674 | |
| Megaminx | 1:38.11 | 1:43.63 | top 33.5% | 2,428 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.25 | 1:11.22 | top 39.0% | 6,410 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.01 | 48.41 | top 53.5% | 7,505 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 13.28 | 15.23 | top 71.9% | 13,761 / 19,164 |
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
- 18 Oct 2025First sub-20 3×3: 16.09 at Oldham County Fall 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.00 at Oldham County Fall 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Oldham County Fall 2025.
- 31 May 2025First competition: Cubing on the Hill KY 2025. A 24.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cardinal Country KY Cubing 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Oldham County Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing on the Hill KY 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 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.
- Javier Gonzalez-Napoleoni — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- Andrew Kopechek — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Eric Dodson — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.