People · United States
Robin King
3×3 · top 3.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018KING05
Robin King has been competing for 8 years. Their best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.56, set at UMBC Fall 2026, puts them in the top 3.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,221st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since September 2018, they have put 151 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, their 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Their 3×3 best has come down from 18.00 in September 2018 to 8.56, a 52% improvement. Robin has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 8.56 | 10.45 | top 3.9% | 2,221 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.59 | 5.90 | top 9.9% | 3,942 / 41,674 | |
| Square-1 | 13.75 | 16.50 | top 13.7% | 946 / 6,846 | |
| 4×4 | 44.14 | 48.83 | top 17.3% | 2,658 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.00 | 10.11 | top 20.0% | 5,455 / 29,168 | |
| 6×6 | 2:28.36 | 2:31.93 | early days — 3 solves | 899 / 4,262 | |
| Skewb | 6.13 | 7.55 | top 26.8% | 4,430 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.85 | 1:44.31 | top 33.8% | 2,715 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.75 | 32.48 | top 36.3% | 4,862 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 15.49 | 17.98 | top 49.9% | 4,189 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:22.43 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,269 / 2,128 |
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 Oct 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.56 at UMBC Fall 2026.
- 3 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at UMBC Fall 2026.
- 27 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025.
- 14 Sep 2019Four personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady Summer 2019.
- 16 Feb 2019First sub-15 3×3: 11.61 at CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019.
- 16 Feb 2019Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019.
Competitions
- UMBC Fall 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2020 · 23 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2018 · 2 Sep 2018
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 their.
- Daniel Greigg — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead once
- Hassan Khanani — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Dean Lockett — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
Targets move as they improves.