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Ryan Heffelman

3×3 · top 29.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017HEFF01

Ryan Heffelman has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.56, set at Kenosha First B 2024, puts him in the top 29.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,258th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since October 2017, he has put 63 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.68 in October 2017 to 16.56, a 16% improvement. Ryan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 29.6% of 284,439 all-time
16.56
signature single · Kenosha First B 2024
63
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.5622.16
top 29.6%16,258 / 59,724
2×26.777.62
top 58.5%23,981 / 40,951
Pyraminx10.9717.67
top 60.3%17,739 / 28,708
4×41:41.06
early days — 1 solve12,823 / 19,072

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

SnoCo Cubing Fall 2017: 19.68Puget Sound Winter 2.0 2017: 20.78Skyline Open 2018: 18.57Yakima Valley Cubing Fall 2018: 18.38Kenosha First B 2024: 16.56Unorthodox Blocks Wisconsin 2025: 19.3016.5620.7821 Oct 201725 Jan 2025

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 1.56 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.