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Sean Abutan
Clock · top 0.68% of 32,048 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024ABUT01
Sean Abutan has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 2.94, set at Berkeley Favorites 2026, puts him in the top 0.68% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 65th in the United States. Until May 2021, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2024, he has put 195 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.78 in September 2024 to 8.35, a 23% improvement. Sean 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 2.94 | 3.49 | top 0.68% | 65 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 1.26 | 3.54 | top 1.2% | 511 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 8.35 | 9.26 | top 3.4% | 1,939 / 59,724 | |
| Square-1 | 10.86 | 15.49 | top 7.7% | 562 / 6,743 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.53 | 11.22 | top 10.4% | 2,716 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 43.00 | 58.15 | top 15.8% | 2,385 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.39 | 27.68 | top 32.6% | 4,254 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 7.37 | 16.03 | top 36.5% | 6,226 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:55.99 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,881 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Favorites 2026.
- 9 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Reno Summer 2025.
- 24 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Belmont Spring 2025.
- 12 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.70 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 67 - San Ramon 2025.
- 8 Sep 2024First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024. A 11.65 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Agoura Summer 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- Berkeley Favorites 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- San Ramon Fall 2025 · 20 Sep 2025
- Reno Summer 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Belmont Spring 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 67 - San Ramon 2025 · 12 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cool Down Berkeley 2024 · 3 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024 · 8 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.
- Kenji Gipson-Nahman — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Sebastian Stone — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Sabir Dhillon — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Clock single — 17 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.