People · United States
Ryder Cruz
2×2 · top 14.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022CRUZ10
Ryder Cruz has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.98, set at Summit Summer 2025, puts him in the top 14.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,504th in the United States. Across 12 competitions since December 2022, he has put 141 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.40 in December 2022 to 13.28, a 62% improvement. Ryder has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.98 | 4.66 | top 14.0% | 5,504 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 13.28 | 16.09 | top 18.4% | 9,863 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.70 | 14.28 | top 33.7% | 9,509 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 18.58 | 20.63 | top 60.5% | 5,098 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.36 | — | top 65.8% | 9,343 / 15,683 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 13 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.28 at Liberty Science Center Fall A 2025.
- 4 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at American Dream NJ 2025.
- 2 Jun 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.44 at Newark Academy Spring 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024First sub-30 3×3: 27.21 at Parsippany Mini AM 2024.
- 3 Dec 2022First competition: New York Yopen 2022. A 35.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Liberty Science Center Fall A 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Summit Summer 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- American Dream NJ 2025 · 4 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- PBs in Palisades Open 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tri-State Corner Comms PA 2024 · 22 Sep 2024
- Cubing in the Ocean County 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Newark Academy Spring 2024 · 2 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Spring into Summit 2024 · 4 May 2024
- South Jersey Speedsolving 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Parsippany Mini AM 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- West Chester Fall 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- New York Yopen 2022 · 3 Dec 2022
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.
- Ishan Donavalli — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Evan Liu — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kavin Prince — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.