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Ryan Schell

Pyraminx · top 2.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018SCHE09

Ryan Schell has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.47, set at Lodi Solves Spring 2026, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 560th in the United States. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 55 competitions since August 2018, he has put 1,400 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.18 in August 2018 to 9.33, a 76% improvement. Ryan has entered 55 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 2.1% of 129,321 all-time
2.47
signature single · Lodi Solves Spring 2026
1,400
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx2.474.34
top 2.1%560 / 28,708
Skewb3.084.78
top 5.4%829 / 18,907
3×39.3312.48
top 5.7%3,157 / 59,724
Square-110.0213.63
top 6.1%448 / 6,743
2×22.244.00
top 6.5%2,588 / 40,951
Clock7.758.81
top 14.0%1,067 / 8,927
4×442.9550.30
top 15.7%2,373 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed28.9043.10
top 44.1%5,966 / 15,683
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves52.33
top 55.5%1,178 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded4:00.12—
early days — 3 solves1,411 / 2,092
5×53:28.66—
early days — 2 solves7,995 / 9,401

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

Pennsylvania 2018: 38.18CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018: 30.86New Hope Open Winter 2019: 23.36CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019: 20.80Lower Moreland Winter 2019: 20.39River Hill Spring 2019: 17.80CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 18.76Slow N Steady Summer 2019: 20.51Clash at Carlisle Fall 2019: 17.60TJHSST Fall 2019: 17.71Potomac Speedcubing 2020: 17.75Country Roads Martinsburg 2020: 16.54Slow N Steady Winter 2020: 15.43Skewbadelphia Winter 2020: 15.14Dunkirk Spring A 2022: 16.22Owings Mills Summer 2022: 17.17Silver Spring Summer 2022: 14.19Happy Valley Fall 2022: 11.72Warwick Cube Day 2023: 13.00CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 15.13UMBC Winter 2024: 14.94Happy Valley Spring 2024: 12.16Berwick Spring 2024: 15.69Pennsylvania Championship 2024: 12.89Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 15.20High Five Bloomsburg 2024: 13.90Cumberland County Fall 2024: 13.73Happy Valley Fall PA 2024: 12.56Kisco Cubing 2025: 13.79Pop Off Princeton 2025: 13.88Puzzles in Pottsville 2025: 12.85Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025: 13.02Happy Valley Spring PA 2025: 12.24New-Cumberland County 2025: 12.77Cubes in the Mountains WV 2025: 13.41Tipping Point Bloomsburg 2025: 12.40UMBC Spring 2025: 11.92East Berlin Eccentric Blocks PA 2025: 13.55Berwick Spring 2025: 12.33Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 14.85Bucks County Cubing PM 2025: 14.24CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025: 13.37Axemann Fall 2025: 12.76Lodi Solves Spring 2026: 13.76Ephrata Spring 2026: 9.33Happy Valley Spring PA 2026: 12.20Axemann Summer 2026: 14.84Cape May Summer A 2026: 13.109.3338.1817 Aug 201820 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 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.