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Ryan Shepard

3×3 · top 13.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024SHEP02

Ryan Shepard has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.84, set at Western Ontario Winter 2025, puts him in the top 13.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,155th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since February 2024, he has put 151 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.60 in February 2024 to 11.84, a 19% improvement. Ryan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.3% of 284,439 all-time
11.84
signature single · Western Ontario Winter 2025
151
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.8415.63
top 13.3%7,155 / 59,724
2×23.296.34
top 17.7%6,924 / 40,951
4×458.331:14.44
top 34.7%5,581 / 19,072
Pyraminx8.249.84
top 38.2%10,923 / 28,708
Clock16.2618.48
top 52.7%4,332 / 8,927
Skewb10.5718.65
top 58.4%10,695 / 18,907
5×52:36.08
top 68.6%6,017 / 9,401
3×3 blindfolded4:44.12
early days — 2 solves1,593 / 2,092
Square-11:12.85
early days — 2 solves6,099 / 6,743

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

London Winter 2024: 14.60Michigan Mega Madness 2024: 13.56Michigan Championship 2024: 14.22Grand Rapids Cubes 2024: 13.02Washtenaw Winter 2025: 13.08Western Ontario Winter 2025: 11.8411.8414.6024 Feb 202423 Mar 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.

  • Justin Sui — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Seth Rowell — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Liam Cook — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.29 away.

Targets move as he improves.