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Ryan Butler

3×3 · top 25.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024BUTL01

Ryan Butler has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.40, set at North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2026, puts him in the top 25.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,036th in the United States. Across 14 competitions since February 2024, he has put 290 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.32 in February 2024 to 15.40, a 56% improvement. Ryan has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 25.8% of 284,439 all-time
15.40
signature single · North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2026
290
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×315.4021.05
top 25.8%14,036 / 59,724
Skewb6.208.17
top 27.3%4,453 / 18,907
Clock12.2215.21
top 36.0%2,849 / 8,927
2×24.877.61
top 37.7%15,071 / 40,951
Pyraminx8.3811.26
top 39.5%11,290 / 28,708
4×41:17.411:33.07
top 53.8%9,143 / 19,072
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves45.67
top 55.5%1,178 / 2,040
3×3 one-handed35.7343.62
top 58.6%8,181 / 15,683
5×52:55.663:34.90
top 76.6%6,869 / 9,401
6×65:58.066:23.09
early days — 3 solves3,761 / 4,196

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

Elite in Eagan 2024: 35.32Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2024: 30.50Eau Claire 2024: 30.05Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 23.41Rosemount Big Cubes 2024: 23.64Rosemount Side Events 2024: 27.88Cubetcha MN 2024: 21.35Solve La Crosse 2025: 18.56Minnesota Cube Melt 2025: 19.92Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 16.62Minnesota Championship 2025: 15.76North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2026: 15.40Cube Against Cancer Minnesota 2026: 19.0815.4035.3211 Feb 202411 Apr 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 0.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.