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Shain Papalotl Longbehn

Skewb · top 2.1% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2020 · 2020LONG05

Shain Papalotl Longbehn has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.25, set at Solve La Crosse 2025, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 304th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 133 competitions since March 2020, he has put 4,851 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.86 in March 2020 to 9.25, a 48% improvement. Shain has entered 133 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 2.1% of 73,281 all-time
2.25
signature single · Solve La Crosse 2025
4,851
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb2.254.88
top 2.1%304 / 18,907
Clock4.045.16
top 2.4%207 / 8,927
Square-17.8310.91
top 2.8%204 / 6,743
Pyraminx2.907.72
top 3.3%868 / 28,708
2×22.073.59
top 5.2%2,080 / 40,951
3×39.2511.32
top 5.5%3,054 / 59,724
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves35.67
top 12.2%280 / 2,040
4×440.0545.03
top 12.2%1,800 / 19,072
5×51:10.901:22.43
top 12.2%943 / 9,401
6×62:14.822:29.75
top 17.8%634 / 4,196
3×3 one-handed20.7224.40
top 22.5%2,886 / 15,683
Megaminx1:22.811:49.08
top 23.6%1,632 / 7,841
7×74:01.504:30.76
top 31.3%873 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded2:17.633:14.68
top 39.2%825 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 21:59—
top 53.2%414 / 731
4×4 blindfolded24:14.00—
early days — 1 solve414 / 440

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

Minnesota Cube Days 2020: 17.86Cubetcha A 2021: 14.27Sioux Falls Winter 2021: 14.09North Star Cubing Challenge 2022: 11.38NA Stadium Series - Green Bay 2022: 12.05Minnesota Cube Melt 2022: 10.79CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022: 13.19Sioux Falls Spring 2022: 11.55Side Events Minnesota 2022: 11.35Get to the Point 2022: 11.29Cubing Peoria 2022: 12.83Cubetcha 2022: 11.30Rochester Fall 2022: 11.60Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2022: 12.06Race the Clock Minnesota 2022: 12.02Minnesota Meetup Monday 2023: 11.45North Star Cubing Challenge 2023: 10.04Frozen Lake Minnesota 2023: 11.90SPAMtown Cubing 2023: 10.09Nebraska Heartland Warmup 2023: 11.70Cubing up the UP 2023: 11.66Swallow Spring 2023: 11.35FargoDome 2023: 11.04Stevenage May 2023: 10.46Minnesota Cube Melt 2023: 10.07CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2023: 10.73Sioux Falls Summer 2023: 9.44Minnesota Meetup II Wednesday 2023: 10.35OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023: 10.63Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2023: 9.64Sioux Falls Saturday 2023: 11.52Sioux City Sunday 2023: 10.72CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 12.74Wisconsin Cubing Marathon 2023: 10.29Minnesota Cube Day 2023: 9.64North Woods 2023: 10.22Cubetcha 2023: 10.66CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 10.21SPAMtown II 2023: 10.33Side Events Minnesota 2023: 10.70Race the Clock Minnesota 2023: 10.55Minnesota Meetup III Thursday 2024: 10.13Milwaukee Cubing Mania 2024: 11.72North Star Cubing Challenge 2024: 11.53Elite in Eagan 2024: 10.97Winterpeg 2024: 11.17Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2024: 10.77Algs in Ankeny 2024: 10.29Black Hills Cube Rush 2024: 11.54New Ulm Reboot 2024: 11.15Nebraska Championship 2024: 10.85Minnesota Slice 2024: 11.77Eau Claire 2024: 9.25Minnesota Cube Melt 2024: 12.18Council Bluffs Cubing Buff 2024: 10.37CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024: 10.95Minnesota Warm Up 2024: 11.40Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 13.82CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024: 10.15Minnesota Meetup IV Monday 2024: 10.39Winnipeg Open 2024: 9.47La La Land 2024: 12.65Cubing on Lake Superior 2024: 10.49Cubetcha MN 2024: 11.35Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2024: 12.14SPAMtown III MN 2024: 11.90Minnesota Championship 2024: 11.56Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2024: 10.38Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2025: 12.44Cubing at Iowa State 2025: 12.22Solve La Crosse 2025: 10.03Racing in Rosemount 2025: 11.63Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2025: 12.50South Dakota Playhouse 2025: 12.58Manchester Spring 2025: 13.07Chichester April 2025: 11.85Moorhead Madness 2025: 11.04Algs in Ankeny 2025: 10.68Minnesota Slice 2025: 12.35Cubing in the Cornfields IA 2025: 11.45Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 12.23East Cobb Summer 2025: 12.09CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025: 10.96Wisconsin Championship 2025: 11.87Cubetcha MN 2025: 11.30Mahalo iā Maui 2025: 11.76Round Rock Splash & Solve 2026: 11.413x3 in Madison 2026: 11.98CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026: 10.74The Last Frontier Spring 2026: 10.56Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 11.00Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 11.20Fort Payne Summer 2026: 10.469.2517.867 Mar 202022 Aug 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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
  • A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.04 away.

Targets move as he improves.