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Ryan McIlhenny

3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2010 · 2010MCIL02

Ryan McIlhenny has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.94, set at Battle of Virginia Beach Winter 2019, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 768th in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since July 2010, he has put 1,471 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.46 in July 2010 to 6.94, a 73% improvement. Ryan has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time
6.94
signature single · Battle of Virginia Beach Winter 2019
1,471
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.949.37
top 1.3%768 / 59,724
2×21.602.87
top 2.6%1,011 / 40,951
4×432.6534.65
top 4.7%741 / 19,072
Pyraminx3.354.75
top 4.9%1,281 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed15.1117.61
top 8.3%1,103 / 15,683
Megaminx1:04.391:12.11
top 12.3%837 / 7,841
Square-113.5317.02
top 13.0%896 / 6,743
5×51:12.261:19.90
top 13.3%1,025 / 9,401
Skewb4.466.26
top 14.2%2,209 / 18,907
Clock10.1611.77
top 25.9%1,988 / 8,927
6×62:37.622:47.30
top 29.5%1,038 / 4,196
7×74:12.664:32.86
top 35.2%985 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded2:12.112:51.49
top 37.3%784 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 21:38—
early days — 2 solves633 / 731

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

Marietta Open 2010: 25.46River Hill Spring 2011: 19.13River Hill Summer 2012: 20.02Raleigh Open 2013: 14.46River Hill Summer 2014: 11.30Virginia Open Fall 2014: 11.60Virginia Open Spring 2015: 10.72US Nationals 2015: 9.59Virginia Open Fall 2015: 10.66ODU Big Blue Spring 2016: 9.94Discovery Place 2016: 10.13ODU Big Blue Winter 2016: 9.80Virginia Open Winter 2017: 9.16CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 10.34South Carolina 2017: 9.32Wolfpack Winter 2018: 8.71BeCubed Summer 2018: 9.10Tar Heel Tango 2018: 10.14Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2018: 9.62Battle of Virginia Beach Winter 2019: 6.94CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2019: 8.60CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 10.92Rocky The Ram Cubes 2019: 9.17ODU Big Blue Fall 2019: 8.84CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022: 8.76BeCubed Summer 2022: 9.01Cowbell Cubing 2022: 7.14Bull City Summer NC 2024: 8.37Oklahoma Championship 2025: 7.31Concord Summer 2025: 8.59Wrightsville Beach Bash 2026: 8.416.9425.4631 Jul 201011 Jan 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.

  • Katie Hull — met in 151 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
  • Jacob Ambrose — met in 149 rounds, finished ahead 85 times
  • Zachary Ochs — met in 137 rounds, finished ahead 41 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.