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Sarah Strong

3×3 · top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2007 · 2007STRO01

Sarah Strong has been competing for 19 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.92, set at Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023, puts her in the top 4.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 445th in Canada. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 191 competitions since November 2007, she has put 2,891 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 277 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 37.93 in November 2007 to 8.92, a 76% improvement. Sarah has entered 191 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.7% of 284,439 all-time
8.92
signature single · Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023
2,891
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×38.9211.76
top 4.7%445 / 10,392
2×22.153.65
top 5.8%375 / 7,173
Pyraminx4.238.35
top 8.8%314 / 4,858
Megaminx1:04.711:13.65
top 12.5%110 / 1,375
4×443.3350.44
top 16.2%408 / 3,118
5×51:16.141:25.52
top 16.2%195 / 1,499
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves36.00
top 17.4%56 / 283
Skewb5.278.44
top 20.3%462 / 2,907
3×3 one-handed20.4329.75
top 21.6%466 / 2,620
Clock10.0912.91
top 25.5%228 / 1,029
Square-119.4427.29
top 26.6%230 / 952
6×62:47.083:01.72
top 34.6%174 / 665
7×74:21.844:38.70
top 38.3%154 / 503
3×3 blindfolded2:19.80—
top 40.0%139 / 351

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

Toronto Open Fall 2007: 37.93Toronto Open Winter 2008: 24.11canadianCubing Classic 2008: 22.31Niagara Open Summer 2008: 16.25Toronto Open Fall 2008: 14.83Toronto Open Winter 2009: 14.08Motor City Open 2009: 12.53Toronto Open Summer 2009: 13.69canadianCubing Classic 2009: 13.30Vancouver Open 2009: 10.21Canadian Open 2009: 14.41MIT Fall 2009: 11.58Carnegie Mellon Fall 2009: 13.22Toronto Open Winter 2010: 12.06Toronto Open Spring 2010: 12.96canadianCUBING CUBEcentric 2010: 10.33United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 10.69Toronto Open Summer 2010: 11.25Toronto Open Fall 2010: 11.38Toronto Open Winter 2011: 11.13Toronto Open Spring 2011: 11.27University of Guelph Open Spring 2011: 12.55United States National Championships 2011: 12.72Canadian Open 2011: 9.66Vancouver Summer 2011: 11.58Toronto Open Winter 2012: 10.18Toronto Spring 2012: 11.13United States National Championships 2012: 11.55Toronto Summer 2012: 10.38Waterloo Open Fall 2012: 10.50Toronto Open Winter 2013: 10.83Canadian Open 2013: 11.69Tree Town 2013: 11.25World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 11.55Battle of Waterloo 2013: 11.47Blizzard Town 2014: 12.90Holy Toledo Winter 2014: 11.93Montréal Open 2014: 11.64Toronto Open Spring 2014: 9.67Michigan May Madness 2014: 12.94Battle of Waterloo 2014: 10.81CanadianCUBING Fifty 2014: 11.19Michigan 2014: 11.83US Nationals 2014: 11.77Toronto Open Summer 2014: 9.94Toronto Open Fall 2014: 10.37Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2015: 10.56Toronto Open Winter 2015: 11.41Canadian Open 2015: 12.65Toronto Open Fall 2015: 11.38Cube4Cam 2016: 11.69Newmarket Open 2016: 11.47Michigan 2016: 10.23Toronto Limited Summer 2016: 10.31Toronto Limited Fall 2016: 13.13London Limited Spring 2017: 12.78Newmarket Open 2017: 11.42CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 11.37Canadian Open 2017: 10.36Oakville Limited Fall 2017: 12.95Oakville Limited Winter 2018: 11.74Pickering Spring 2018: 11.00Niagara Select 2018: 13.02Oakville Limited Spring 2018: 9.87National Capital Region 2018: 14.76CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 10.38Michigan 2018: 12.89Oakville Limited Fall 2018: 12.38Oakville Autumn Limited 2018: 14.19Ajax Winter 2019: 10.99Return to Toronto 2019: 13.28Blue Water Winter 2019: 10.768 Wing Limited 2019: 11.72Upstate Cubing 2019: 10.53National Capital Region 2019: 11.65Newmarket Open 2019: 12.20CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 13.82Michigan 2019: 13.07Cubing in the 6ix 2019: 11.46Battle of Waterloo 2019: 14.73Superior Cubing - Thunder Bay 2019: 11.85Ken-Ton Cubing 2019: 9.18Canandaigua Winter 2020: 9.91Leap to Barrie 2020: 11.12Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 10.98Battle of Waterloo 2022: 10.77Ajax NxNxN 2022: 12.22Oakville Fall B 2022: 11.52Appleby Winter B 2023: 12.69Waterloo Favourites B 2023: 11.67London Winter A 2023: 10.66Pickering C 2023: 11.03Newmarket Favourites 2023: 10.44Markham 3x3x3 Morning 2023: 11.42National Capital Region A 2023: 9.94Guelph 2023: 12.47Southern Ontario Summer - Waterloo 2023: 10.52Michigan 2023: 11.08Canadian Championship 2023: 11.63CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 12.32Appleby Summer B 2023: 12.19Ajax 3x3x3 Morning 2023: 12.09NCR Favourites 2023: 11.32Appleby Fall B 2023: 10.66Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023: 8.92Pickering Fall A 2023: 10.59Scarborough Fall B 2023: 10.16Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023: 11.35Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter C 2024: 11.24Kingston Winter 2024: 11.52Greater Toronto 2024: 9.04London Winter 2024: 9.69Ajax 3x3x3 Newcomers A 2024: 12.18Thornhill Spring 2024: 10.75Ottawa Spring 2024: 10.61Battle of Waterloo 2024: 12.67Carleton Place Summer 2024: 12.06Appleby Summer 2024: 9.46Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 11.92Saskatchewan Big Cubes 2024: 11.47Ontario Championship 2024: 11.21Winnipeg Open 2024: 11.67Pickering Mini Morning 2024: 11.82Kitchener Mini Morning 2024: 11.54Pickering Favourites Autumn 2024: 9.74Wrap It Up Barrie 2024: 9.78Waterloo Winter 2025: 11.96Greater Toronto 2025: 14.85Mississauga Newcomers A 2025: 10.57Western Ontario Winter 2025: 12.74Pickering Favourites Spring 2025: 11.98Pickering NxNxN Summer 2025: 12.10Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 11.01Championnat Canadien 2025: 10.07Brantford Fall 2025: 13.59Pickering Favourites Fall 2025: 11.32Kawartha Fall 2025: 12.49Waterloo Fall 2025: 11.73Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026: 12.28St. John's Winter 2026: 10.19Moncton 2026: 11.13Pickering Mini Morning 2026: 12.92Wasaga Beach Spring 2026: 10.22Waterloo Spring 2026: 11.72Pickering Favourites Summer 2026: 10.13Yukon Solve It Whitehorse 2026: 12.73Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 12.44Charlottetown Summer 2026: 9.99Brampton Summer 2026: 11.508.9237.9324 Nov 200729 Aug 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as she improves.