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Ryan Saito

Skewb · top 1.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018SAIT07

Ryan Saito has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.14, set at Saint John's Summer 2026, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 253rd in the United States. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since December 2018, he has put 1,163 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.27 in December 2018 to 7.91, a 78% improvement. Ryan has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 1.7% of 73,281 all-time
2.14
signature single · Saint John's Summer 2026
1,163
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb2.145.39
top 1.7%253 / 18,907
3×37.918.77
top 2.6%1,523 / 59,724
2×21.752.86
top 3.3%1,289 / 40,951
Pyraminx3.084.38
top 3.9%1,043 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed14.7417.35
top 7.6%1,013 / 15,683
4×436.6340.07
top 8.3%1,251 / 19,072
Clock7.889.76
top 14.7%1,129 / 8,927
Megaminx1:10.921:17.12
top 16.2%1,107 / 7,841
Square-118.6427.01
top 24.9%1,651 / 6,743
5×51:33.011:39.99
top 29.8%2,352 / 9,401
3×3 Fewest Moves58 moves—
early days — 2 solves1,886 / 2,040

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

The Battle of Lexington 2018: 35.27The Battle of Lexington 2019: 21.72Cubing in Cambridge 2019: 25.75Massachusetts Championship 2019: 15.78Deerfield Winter 2022: 13.92Maine Spring 2022: 14.85Saint John's Spring 2022: 11.75Moose On The Loose Cubikon 2022: 13.12CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 12.45Fast In Mass 2022: 12.15Granite State 2022: 13.09Amherst Open 2022: 10.64Loon Cubikon 2022: 11.30Pioneer Valley Cubing A 2023: 10.37Saint John's Scramble 2023: 8.73Cubehenge 2023: 9.86CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 10.05Winchester Weeknights IV 2023: 10.34CubingUSA New England Championship 2023: 8.63Saint John's Showdown 2024: 9.35Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 10.40Amherst Fall 2024: 9.28Loon Cubikon 2024: 7.91A Monday in Ashfield 2024: 9.66Saint John's Warm Up 2025: 8.62Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.43CubingUSA New England Championship 2025: 9.19Saint John's Summer 2026: 8.097.9135.271 Dec 201813 Jun 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.