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Ryan Krause

Megaminx · top 0.93% of 34,786 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018KRAU02

Ryan Krause has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 36.92, set at Puzzles in Pottsville Spring 2025, puts him in the top 0.93% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 62nd in the United States. Until May 2016, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since June 2018, he has put 1,080 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.28 in June 2018 to 7.10, an 82% improvement. Ryan has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 0.93% of 34,786 all-time
36.92
signature single · Puzzles in Pottsville Spring 2025
1,080
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 50% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Megaminx36.9247.05
top 0.93%62 / 7,841
3×37.1010.08
top 1.4%875 / 59,724
4×433.3339.30
top 5.2%809 / 19,072
Skewb3.395.21
top 7.1%1,104 / 18,907
Pyraminx4.205.55
top 8.7%2,229 / 28,708
2×22.504.03
top 8.9%3,497 / 40,951
5×51:08.621:14.39
top 10.6%834 / 9,401
6×62:20.912:23.88
top 20.9%737 / 4,196
3×3 one-handed20.3725.90
top 21.5%2,754 / 15,683
7×73:47.544:05.77
top 26.3%736 / 3,184
Square-119.4723.83
top 26.7%1,758 / 6,743
Clock14.8922.56
top 47.5%3,849 / 8,927
3×3 blindfolded7:44.93—
early days — 1 solve1,966 / 2,092

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

New Hope Open Spring 2018: 40.28Pennsylvania 2018: 23.34Pretzel Mania Summer 2023: 16.41Railroad City 2023: 13.85Cumberland County Cubing 2023: 11.83River Hill Fall 2023: 12.10Cubes on the Bayside Winter 2024: 11.27Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024: 9.93Penn Cube Day Spring 2024: 9.48New-Cumberland County 2024: 10.95Happy Valley Spring 2024: 7.10It's About Time Bloomsburg 2024: 9.00Berwick Spring 2024: 11.67Puzzles in Pottsville 2024: 11.02Pennsylvania Championship 2024: 9.02Pretzel Mania Summer 2024: 9.42High Five Bloomsburg 2024: 8.79Tri-State Corner Comms PA 2024: 8.72East Berlin Favorites PA 2024: 8.97Christmas City Cubing PA 2024: 9.71Cumberland County Fall 2024: 7.40River Hill Fall 2024: 9.48Binghamton Winter 2025: 8.37Puzzles in Pottsville 2025: 9.33Happy Valley Spring PA 2025: 9.40Tipping Point Bloomsburg 2025: 7.93Axemann 2025: 9.74Puzzles in Pottsville Spring 2025: 8.997.1040.2816 Jun 201824 May 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.

  • Zach Ridall — met in 158 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
  • Evan Liu — met in 129 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
  • Dylan Gesmundo — met in 117 rounds, finished ahead 55 times

Next targets

  • A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 6.92 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.