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Robert Mapp IV

3×3 · top 0.38% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016IVRO01

Robert Mapp IV has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.82, set at Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026, puts him in the top 0.38% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 260th in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 120 competitions since June 2016, he has put 2,862 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.65 in June 2016 to 5.82, a 76% improvement. Robert has entered 120 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.38% of 284,439 all-time
5.82
signature single · Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026
2,862
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×35.827.29
top 0.38%260 / 59,724
2×21.422.23
top 1.8%721 / 40,951
4×431.2538.67
top 3.6%587 / 19,072
Pyraminx4.208.58
top 8.7%2,229 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed15.2918.78
top 8.7%1,168 / 15,683
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves31.33
top 12.2%280 / 2,040

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

Duke Summer 2016: 24.65Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 22.14Discovery Place 2016: 26.27Slow N Steady Fall 2016: 21.53Severna Park Fall 2016: 28.45TJHSST Fall 2016: 25.72ODU Big Blue Winter 2016: 19.90Rockville Winter 2017: 23.66Crossroads Cubing 2017: 20.03Virginia Open Winter 2017: 22.92ODU Big Blue Spring 2017: 21.47Virginia Open Spring 2017: 22.02Slow N Steady Spring 2017: 19.11NovaCube 2017: 19.95EZ Cubes Spring 2017: 14.93Slow N Steady Summer 2017: 17.31Severna Park Summer 2017: 18.54Rally In The Valley 2017: 15.94ODU Big Blue Fall 2017: 16.23South Carolina 2017: 14.93Raleigh Rubik's Rally 2017: 16.63TJHSST Fall 2017: 15.98Severna Park Showdown 2017: 15.21Northern Neck Winter 2018: 13.43Wolfpack Winter 2018: 14.29Slow N Steady Winter 2018: 14.85NovaCube 2018: 13.11ODU Big Blue Spring 2018: 13.17River Hill Spring 2018: 13.28WFS Cubing Spring 2018: 12.84Wolfpack Quiet Qualifier 2018: 13.20RVA Spring 2018: 8.33Rally In The Valley 2018: 12.32Maryland 2018: 12.50First State 2018: 12.26Fredericksburg Summer Open 2018: 9.26Slow N Steady Summer 2018: 10.88RVAutumn 2018: 11.81Tar Heel Tango 2018: 10.86ODU Big Blue Fall 2018: 10.29TJHSST Fall 2018: 10.33Northern Neck Winter 2019: 10.71Gobbler Cube Day Winter 2019: 11.56Battle of Virginia Beach Winter 2019: 9.17CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019: 11.66VES Spring 2019: 9.10Wolfpack Winter 2019: 9.00ODU Big Blue Spring 2019: 9.42Woodberry Forest School Cubing 2019: 8.95MLWGS Spring 2019: 8.17River Hill Spring 2019: 8.83Richmond Spring 2019: 9.58Cape Fear Cubing 2019: 8.31Rally in the Valley 2019: 9.39CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 9.81Solving Hunger Virginia 2019: 9.13TJHSST Fall 2019: 9.18ODU Big Blue Fall 2019: 9.99Northern Neck Winter 2020: 9.14MLWGS Winter 2020: 7.52Country Roads Martinsburg 2020: 8.99Slow N Steady Spring 2022: 8.40River Hill Spring 2022: 8.47Dunkirk Spring A 2022: 7.97Owings Mills Summer 2022: 8.57Think In Fink Fall 2022: 7.08Crystal City Fall 2022: 7.53Dunkirk Winter 2023: 6.77Virginia Beach Spring 2023: 8.35Virginia Re-Open Spring 2023: 8.56Richmond Spring 2023: 7.46Slow N Steady Spring 2023: 7.85ODU Big Blue Spring 2023: 7.56TJHSST Spring 2023: 7.65Wilmington Warmup 2023: 8.01Hobcaw Cubing 2023: 7.89Virginia Beach Fall 2023: 7.12Slow N Steady Fall 2023: 8.99Virginia Championship 2023: 6.83MoCo Cubing Winter 2024: 7.86NoVa Cube Winter 2024: 6.88Virginia Still-Open Winter 2024: 7.33ODU Big Blue Winter 2024: 7.81UMBC Winter 2024: 8.01Solar Eclipse in Sycamore 2024: 7.79Slow N Steady Spring 2024: 7.69Cubing at Carson 2024: 6.94Concord Summer 2024: 7.11Bethesda Summer Showdown 2024: 7.26Bull City Summer NC 2024: 6.50UMBC Fall 2024: 6.81CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024: 7.39Colonial Cube Clash VA 2024: 6.80Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024: 7.97Charlotte Winter 2025: 6.74Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025: 6.95Cubes in the Mountains WV 2025: 6.23Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025: 7.68Virginia Always Open Spring 2025: 6.82Front Royal Spring 2025: 7.29Gobbler Cube Day Spring at VT 2025: 7.36River Hill Spring 2025: 6.89TJHSST Spring 2025: 7.40Colonial Cube Clash VA Summer 2025: 7.19Virginia Championship 2025: 7.94Fredericksburg Summer PM 2025: 6.41ODU Big Blue Open 2025: 5.90Virginia Beach Fall 2025: 7.18Fredericksburg Winter AM 2026: 8.42Gobbler Cube Day Winter at VT 2026: 7.43NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026: 6.24TJHSST Winter 2026: 7.49Williamsburg Open Spring 2026: 6.93Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026: 5.82Virginia Beach Spring 2026: 7.85RVA Spring 2026: 6.90Colonial Cube Clash VA 2026: 6.755.8228.4511 Jun 201613 Jun 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.