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Sawyer Mangum-Bartholomew
2×2 · top 2.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024MANG11
Sawyer Mangum-Bartholomew has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.55, set at Arizona Championship 2026, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 934th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2024, he has put 245 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.90 in September 2024 to 9.63, a 54% improvement. Sawyer has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 1.55 | 2.57 | top 2.4% | 934 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.28 | 5.77 | top 4.6% | 1,203 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 9.63 | 11.53 | top 6.4% | 3,559 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.51 | 24.15 | top 21.9% | 2,817 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:21.51 | 1:41.52 | top 22.8% | 1,567 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 49.22 | 55.98 | top 23.7% | 3,626 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 13.27 | 17.77 | top 40.8% | 3,253 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:42.29 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,015 / 2,092 | |
| Skewb | 12.02 | 20.53 | top 66.1% | 12,341 / 18,907 |
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
- 8 Feb 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.63 at Lopes Up AZ 2026.
- 8 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Lopes Up AZ 2026.
- 17 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Arizona Championship 2026.
- 29 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025.
- 18 Jul 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.04 at Square-1 Showdown AZ 2025.
- 16 Nov 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.08 at Arizona Mini 2024.
Competitions
- Bring the Heat AZ 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Prescott Spring 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Lopes Up AZ 2026 · 8 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Arizona Championship 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025 · 29 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Square-1 Showdown AZ 2025 · 18 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Arizona Mini 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Super Duper San Diego 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Mia Sponseller — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Jeremy Bulambot — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- Emmett Galli — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.