People · United States
Ryan Edwards
3×3 · top 2.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015EDWA05
Ryan Edwards has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.98, set at Best in West Lafayette 2025, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,630th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since September 2015, he has put 191 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.04 in September 2015 to 7.98, a 60% improvement. Ryan 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 | 7.98 | 9.76 | top 2.8% | 1,630 / 60,666 | |
| 5×5 | 1:01.47 | 1:10.67 | top 6.4% | 527 / 9,537 | |
| Skewb | 3.98 | 5.00 | top 10.8% | 1,686 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 2.73 | 4.17 | top 11.3% | 4,524 / 41,674 | |
| 6×6 | 2:07.05 | 2:10.21 | top 14.2% | 520 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 3:20.06 | 3:28.68 | early days — 3 solves | 464 / 3,236 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.61 | 7.43 | top 17.2% | 4,639 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 47.77 | 52.48 | top 21.9% | 3,370 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.41 | 24.42 | top 27.2% | 3,555 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 2:10.32 | — | top 51.5% | 3,935 / 8,026 | |
| Square-1 | 31.86 | 37.80 | top 53.0% | 3,531 / 6,846 |
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
- 5 Jun 2026Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026.
- 8 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.90 at Best in West Lafayette 2025.
- 8 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Best in West Lafayette 2025.
- 7 Jul 2017Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2017.
- 25 Jun 2016First sub-20 3×3: 12.36 at Indiana 2016.
- 25 Jun 2016First sub-15 3×3: 12.36 at Indiana 2016.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026 · 5 Jun 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Best in West Lafayette 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Naperville Winter B 2022 · 18 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Indiana 2016 · 25 Jun 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Médecins Sans Frontières Open 2015 · 26 Sep 2015
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.
- Mason Langenderfer — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Garrett Hadaway — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Tyler Brodzinski — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.98 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,328 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.