People · United States
Seth Read
3×3 · top 5.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023READ02
Seth Read has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.23, set at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,098th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2023, he has put 329 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.78 in March 2023 to 9.23, a 48% improvement. Seth 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.23 | 10.45 | top 5.5% | 3,098 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.07 | 6.72 | top 8.1% | 2,096 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 2.62 | 3.57 | top 10.2% | 4,059 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 6.85 | 9.01 | top 32.6% | 5,519 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.58 | 29.16 | top 35.8% | 4,798 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.48 | 1:13.20 | top 41.3% | 6,831 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 36.00 | 55.19 | top 59.9% | 4,011 / 6,846 | |
| Clock | 25.82 | 27.03 | top 78.2% | 7,062 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 3:24.25 | — | top 82.1% | 6,671 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 3:37.00 | — | top 87.9% | 8,315 / 9,537 |
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
- 11 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Tri Cities Spring 2026.
- 3 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Central Washington Evens 2025.
- 28 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024.
- 28 Jun 2024Seven personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Back To Tri-Cities 2024.
Competitions
- Tri Cities Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Central Washington Evens 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Tacoma Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Fullerton Winter 2024 · 24 Feb 2024
- Back To Tri-Cities 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Lakewood Fall 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- SnoCo Has Too Much 3x3 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bothell Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Kent Spring 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Central Washington Odds 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 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.
- Ethan Ekstrom — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Rainier Feiler — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Ash Black — met in 47 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.