People · United States
Stephen Burson
3×3 blindfolded · top 64.6% of 12,334 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025BURS02
Stephen Burson has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 3:45.24, set at Cube Against Cancer Minnesota 2026, puts him in the top 64.6% of the 12,334 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,364th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since October 2025, he has put 24 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:09.48 in October 2025 to 1:01.67, an 11% improvement. Stephen has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 blindfolded | 3:45.24 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,364 / 2,128 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 16:06.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 335 / 442 | |
| 3×3 | 1:01.67 | 1:19.09 | top 92.2% | 57,058 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 32.68 | 56.28 | top 99.1% | 41,472 / 41,674 |
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
- 18 Oct 2025First competition: Cubetcha MN 2025. A 1:09.48 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Minnesota Quiet Championship 2026 · 11 Oct 2026
- Mini-sota Heartland Warm-Up I 2026 · 1 May 2026
- Cube Against Cancer Minnesota 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Quiet Championship 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- Cubetcha MN 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
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.
- Andy Wong — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Walker Welch — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kaius Young — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 6,463 people have one; it is 45.24 away.
- A sub-10:00 4×4 blindfolded single — 1,266 people have one; it is 6:06.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.