People · United States
Solomon Methvin
2×2 · top 6.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023METH01
Solomon Methvin has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.27, set at McMinnville Favorites 2026, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,739th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since October 2023, he has put 373 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.42 in October 2023 to 13.34, a 53% improvement. Solomon has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.27 | 4.42 | top 6.8% | 2,739 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 13.34 | 15.37 | top 18.7% | 10,181 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.28 | 9.21 | top 22.1% | 6,033 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | 43.67 | top 23.5% | 512 / 2,059 | |
| 4×4 | 51.01 | 1:03.71 | top 26.1% | 4,060 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 20.17 | 30.18 | top 28.4% | 1,887 / 6,846 | |
| Clock | 11.07 | 13.26 | top 30.3% | 2,424 / 9,172 | |
| Skewb | 6.69 | 8.55 | top 31.3% | 5,246 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.96 | 32.14 | top 39.4% | 5,313 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:55.17 | 2:08.53 | top 46.2% | 3,883 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 2:26.64 | — | top 59.7% | 4,602 / 8,026 | |
| 6×6 | 4:04.68 | — | early days — 3 solves | 2,651 / 4,262 |
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
- 21 Aug 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Northwest Championship 2026.
- 7 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at McMinnville Favorites 2026.
- 5 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.27 at Oregon Championship 2025.
- 5 Sep 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Oregon Championship 2025.
- 16 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Lakewood Fall 2024.
- 13 Sep 2024Five personal bests in one day at Oregon Championship 2024.
Competitions
- Northwest Championship 2026 · 21 Aug 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Rose City OR 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- McMinnville Favorites 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Oregon Championship 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Honolulu Hoʻoilo 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Lakewood Fall 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Oregon Championship 2024 · 13 Sep 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- La La Land 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tacoma Summer 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Lakewood Newcomers 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
- Couve Cubing Spring 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Eugene Ice Cubing 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Fewest Moves Colombia 2023 · 29 Oct 2023
- Lakewood Fall 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
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.
- Tripp Peters — met in 72 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kinkajou Celeste Oren — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.