People · United States
Seth Steffes
3×3 · top 6.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024STEF09
Seth Steffes has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.66, set at Wisconsin Qualifier 2024, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,597th in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since June 2024, he has put 77 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Seth has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.66 | 11.03 | top 6.5% | 3,597 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 3.84 | 7.32 | top 9.8% | 1,507 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.04 | 21.16 | top 12.7% | 1,641 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.10 | 6.30 | top 13.8% | 3,602 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 48.53 | 51.00 | top 22.8% | 3,461 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 3.72 | 4.73 | top 23.0% | 9,012 / 40,951 |
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
- 23 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Madison Manor Warmup 2025.
- 1 Jun 2024First competition: Wisconsin Qualifier 2024. A 11.00 3×3 single to start from.
- 1 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.66 at Wisconsin Qualifier 2024.
- 1 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Wisconsin Qualifier 2024.
Competitions
- Madison Manor Warmup 2025 · 23 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Wisconsin Qualifier 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests 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.
- Carter Kucala — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Simon Kellum — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sebastian Carrillo — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.66 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.