People · United States
Roman DeLong
2×2 · top 7.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025DELO01
Roman DeLong has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.35, set at UIUC Spring 2026, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,019th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2025, he has put 178 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.40 in March 2025 to 11.94, a 41% improvement. Roman 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.35 | 3.67 | top 7.5% | 3,019 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 4.28 | 5.41 | top 12.9% | 2,025 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.39 | 30.55 | top 13.6% | 1,784 / 15,900 | |
| 3×3 | 11.94 | 17.37 | top 13.8% | 7,474 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.21 | 10.23 | top 29.6% | 8,328 / 29,168 | |
| Megaminx | 1:37.87 | 1:54.58 | top 33.4% | 2,419 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.92 | 1:09.31 | top 38.6% | 6,336 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 39.30 | 42.19 | top 64.5% | 4,296 / 6,846 | |
| Clock | 24.30 | 27.17 | top 75.4% | 6,762 / 9,172 | |
| 5×5 | 2:57.66 | — | top 77.3% | 7,080 / 9,537 |
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
- 4 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at UIUC Spring 2026.
- 29 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Brown County Blitz 2026.
- 23 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in Terredise 2025.
- 7 Jun 2025First sub-20 3×3: 14.91 at Minxville Indiana 2025.
- 7 Jun 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.91 at Minxville Indiana 2025.
- 7 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Minxville Indiana 2025.
Competitions
- Martinsville Mini Sides 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UIUC Spring 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Brown County Blitz 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in Terredise 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Minxville Indiana 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Oldham County Spring 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
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 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luke Garrett — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Amos Lyons — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.