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Sean Cutshaw

3×3 · top 0.16% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016CUTS01

Sean Cutshaw has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.21, set at Ohio State Fall 2025, puts him in the top 0.16% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 116th in the United States. Until November 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 99 competitions since July 2016, he has put 4,786 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.42 in July 2016 to 5.21, a 76% improvement. Sean has entered 99 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.16% of 284,439 all-time
5.21
signature single · Ohio State Fall 2025
4,786
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×35.217.91
top 0.16%116 / 59,724
2×20.791.69
top 0.22%94 / 40,951
Skewb1.443.18
top 0.36%57 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed10.2913.16
top 1.3%198 / 15,683
4×427.0431.60
top 1.4%236 / 19,072
Pyraminx2.453.41
top 2.1%546 / 28,708
Megaminx43.0852.98
top 2.5%179 / 7,841
5×552.8759.37
top 2.6%206 / 9,401
Square-18.2110.74
top 3.4%245 / 6,743
6×61:41.761:50.94
top 4.5%155 / 4,196
7×72:39.772:51.65
top 5.4%143 / 3,184
Clock5.396.76
top 5.5%427 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves30.33
top 6.2%149 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded1:19.07—
top 19.3%382 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 17:43—
early days — 1 solve617 / 731

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

Petoskey Cubing 2016: 21.42Shaker Fall 2016: 17.11Howland High Spring 2017: 12.24Shaker Spring 2017: 13.70CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 12.33Howland High Fall 2017: 12.66Shaker Fall 2017: 9.72Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 10.69Howland Winter 2018: 8.76Shaker Spring 2018: 9.80Kent State Taco Bash 2018: 8.86Stowhio Open 2021: 7.78Welcome Back Wisconsin 2 2021: 8.14Pittsburgh Fall 2021: 7.95Bulldog Holiday Bash 2021: 8.86Bulldog Winter 2022: 8.11Gem City 2022: 10.67Bulldog Winter 2.0 2022: 6.86Happy Valley Spring 2022: 5.91Ohio State Expo Open 2022: 8.60Bulldog Spring 2022: 7.42Puzzles at Wisconsin Spring 2022: 7.68Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2022: 7.97Lake Erie Showdown 2022: 7.61Howland Returns 2022: 7.72Pittsburgh Summer B 2022: 7.45CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2022: 8.23Ohio Valley Open 2022: 7.68Lake Erie Cubing Clash 2022: 7.37Ohio State Fall Scarlet 2022: 7.93Happy Valley Fall 2022: 7.94Pittsburgh Fall 2022: 7.32Bulldog Winter 2023: 7.31Washtenaw Winter 2023: 7.16Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023: 8.26Washtenaw Spring A 2023: 7.56NA Stadium Series - Cleveland 2023: 7.24Ohio State Spring First-Timers A 2023: 6.18Ohio State Summer Solving 2023: 7.13Bulldog Spring 2023: 7.60Flag City Summer 2023: 7.40CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 7.49Washtenaw Slow Summer 2023: 7.45Bulldog Fall 2023: 5.74Lake Erie Showdown 2023: 6.97CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 6.47ALL1- Pittsburgh 2023: 7.83Eastwood Cubing 2024: 8.57Bulldog Winter 2024: 6.90Plum Puzzles 2024: 5.87Solar Eclipse in Sycamore 2024: 8.15Washtenaw Qualifiers 2024: 6.94Green Spring 2024: 6.83Barberton Mini 1 2024: 6.32Green Summer 2024: 7.34Eastwood Mall Summer 2024: 6.53Dublin Ohio Summer PM 2024: 7.94Michigan Mini 23 2024: 7.65CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 5.87Green Fall 2024: 6.67Fast in Fayette 2024: 6.87Ohio State Fall 2024: 6.64Barberton Mini 5 2024: 7.14Ohio State Nearly New Years 2024: 7.79Ohio State Winter 2025: 7.14Michigan Mini 28 2025: 7.30NxNationwide Lewis Center 2025: 7.28Barberton Mini 7 2025: 7.85Pittsburgh Winter 2025: 7.74Green Winter 2025: 7.43Bowling Green 2025: 6.64Michigan Championship 2025: 7.71Locked in Clocked in Coshocton 2025: 6.76Clock & 'Minx Ohio 2025: 7.11Ohio State Fall 2025: 5.21Northern Tier Twist 2025: 7.13Oberlin Big Cubes 2025: 7.03Kids America Christmas Clash OH 2025: 7.28Ohio Championship 2025: 7.63Oberlin Weeknights I 2026: 7.30Cube Against Cancer Pittsburgh 2026: 7.35Return to Green OH 2026: 7.77OberliNxN 2026: 6.765.2121.4223 Jul 201612 Apr 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.