Saturday 24 October 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 24 October 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → United States → Ryan O'Dell

People · United States

Ryan O'Dell

2×2 · top 9.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015ODEL01

Ryan O'Dell has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.51, set at DFW Cubing Summer 2024, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,612th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since September 2015, he has put 438 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.19 in September 2015 to 10.56, a 54% improvement. Ryan has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.1% of 189,179 all-time
2.51
signature single · DFW Cubing Summer 2024
438
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.514.38
top 9.1%3,612 / 41,674
3×310.5613.05
top 9.2%5,090 / 60,666
4×445.8051.65
top 19.4%2,973 / 19,354
3×3 one-handed23.3028.04
top 29.7%3,886 / 15,900
Skewb6.859.70
top 32.6%5,519 / 19,164
5×51:36.501:51.95
top 32.7%2,627 / 9,537
Pyraminx8.1010.85
top 37.1%10,683 / 29,168
Clock12.7214.36
top 38.4%3,116 / 9,172
Square-124.7330.46
top 38.7%2,544 / 6,846
Megaminx2:36.75—
early days — 2 solves5,044 / 8,026
6×64:08.71—
early days — 2 solves2,717 / 4,262
3×3 Fewest Moves56 moves—
early days — 1 solve1,850 / 2,059

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

Médecins Sans Frontières Open 2015: 23.19Music City Winter 2016: 17.87Dixon Winter 2016: 20.11Dixon Fall 2016: 20.47KCubing Winter 2017: 15.08Iowa State Spring 2017: 15.85CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 13.94SCC Winter 2018: 11.75Dixon Spring 2018: 13.52Cube With Intention in Denton 2022: 13.32DFW Cubing Winter 2023: 14.17MYHM Puzzling in Plano 2023: 11.50DFW Winter Variation 2024: 10.88DFW Cubing Winter 2024: 11.09DFW Eclipse Cubing 2024: 12.55DFW Cubing Summer 2024: 10.5610.5623.1926 Sep 20158 Jun 2024

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-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.