People · United States
Ryan James Palmer
3×3 · top 53.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023PALM14
Ryan James Palmer has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 25.38, set at Davis County Showdown 2026, puts him in the top 53.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 31,804th in the United States. Across 14 competitions since May 2023, he has put 140 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.03 in May 2023 to 25.38, a 41% improvement. Ryan has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 25.38 | 31.34 | top 53.5% | 31,804 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 7.20 | 8.11 | top 62.1% | 25,965 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 1:40.68 | — | top 71.2% | 12,957 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.90 | 19.89 | top 72.4% | 21,796 / 29,168 |
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
- 13 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Davis County Showdown 2026.
- 13 Dec 2025First sub-30 3×3: 29.61 at Utah Snowball Bash 2025.
- 19 May 2023First competition: Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023. A 43.03 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Utah Speedcubing Speedoff 2026 · 12 Sep 2026
- Davis County Showdown 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Cubing Classic 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Utah Newcomers 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing with Dinosaurs Lehi 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Ice Cubing 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Snowball Bash 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024 · 20 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Southern Utah Summer 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Ice Cubing 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Championship 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Back to School Utah 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023 · 19 May 2023
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.
- Canyon Pettitt — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Wilson Hettinger — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brinkley Lundell — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 151,957 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 96,384 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.