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Ryan Farish

3×3 blindfolded · top 1.5% of 12,178 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015FARI06

Ryan Farish has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 20.18, set at Think In Fink Fall 2022, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34th in the United States. Until November 2016, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since November 2015, he has put 605 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.59 in November 2015 to 9.73, a 74% improvement. Ryan has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 1.5% of 12,178 all-time
20.18
signature single · Think In Fink Fall 2022
605
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 89% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×3 blindfolded20.1824.33
top 1.5%34 / 2,092
2×21.593.62
top 2.6%1,000 / 40,951
3×39.7311.56
top 6.7%3,678 / 59,724
3×3 Multi-Blind17 of 21 cubes · 57:38—
top 11.5%84 / 731
Pyraminx4.829.60
top 12.1%3,143 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed20.2525.49
top 21.2%2,707 / 15,683
4×451.961:03.13
top 27.1%4,178 / 19,072
5×51:33.151:43.44
top 30.0%2,362 / 9,401
Square-121.4731.00
top 31.3%2,022 / 6,743
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves—
early days — 3 solves810 / 2,040
4×4 blindfolded8:21.31—
early days — 3 solves186 / 440
6×63:36.433:42.80
top 57.3%2,180 / 4,196
7×75:33.27—
early days — 2 solves1,812 / 3,184
Megaminx2:53.65—
early days — 2 solves5,548 / 7,841
5×5 blindfolded29:11.00—
early days — 2 solves188 / 218

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

River Hill Fall 2015: 37.59ODU Big Blue Winter 2016: 15.58NovaCube 2017: 15.67Severna Park Summer 2017: 15.39Rally In The Valley 2017: 16.09TJHSST Fall 2017: 13.16Severna Park Showdown 2017: 12.55Slow N Steady Winter 2018: 14.34NovaCube 2018: 14.26Tea Time Spring 2018: 16.10Maryland 2018: 12.36ODU Big Blue Spring 2019: 13.66CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 13.99Slow N Steady Summer 2019: 11.16ODU Big Blue Fall 2019: 10.33Think In Fink Fall 2022: 11.55Crystal City Fall 2022: 10.31CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 12.22Slow N Steady Fall 2023: 9.89NoVa Cube Winter 2024: 9.73Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 10.659.7337.5921 Nov 20152 Jul 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.

  • Liam Chen — met in 130 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
  • Corey Sakowski — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
  • Will Callan — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead 14 times

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 blindfolded single — 166 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.