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Rowan Naylor Cruse
3×3 · top 8.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023CRUS01
Rowan Naylor Cruse has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.28, set at FSUbers 8.0 2025, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,561st in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since January 2023, he has put 45 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.46 in January 2023 to 10.28, a 10% improvement. Rowan has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.28 | 11.60 | top 8.3% | 4,561 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.20 | 5.22 | top 29.1% | 11,527 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 55.22 | 58.12 | top 31.0% | 4,891 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.65 | 1:57.45 | top 33.6% | 2,670 / 9,401 |
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
- 22 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at FSUbers 8.0 2025.
- 7 Jan 2023First competition: Pegasus 2023. A 16.03 3×3 single to start from.
- 7 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 11.46 at Pegasus 2023.
Competitions
- FSUbers 8.0 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Pegasus 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 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.
- Brian Zhou — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tommy Cherry — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sean Hartman — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.