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Stephen A. Duc Jr.
Pyraminx · top 41.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024DUCS01
Stephen A. Duc Jr. has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 8.57, set at New-Cumberland County 2025, puts him in the top 41.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,795th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since September 2024, he has put 92 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 57.46 in September 2024 to 30.56, a 47% improvement. Stephen has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 8.57 | 12.63 | top 41.1% | 11,795 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 6.51 | 14.16 | top 56.1% | 22,933 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 30.56 | 39.22 | top 63.5% | 37,967 / 59,724 |
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 Sep 2024First competition: High Five Bloomsburg 2024. A 57.46 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bucks County Cubing AM 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Berwick Spring 2025 · 14 Jun 2025
- Puzzles in Pottsville Spring 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tipping Point Bloomsburg 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Binghamton Cube Day 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- New-Cumberland County 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzles in Pottsville 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- High Five Bloomsburg 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
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.
- Zach Ridall — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dylan Gesmundo — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carter Strouse — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.