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Stephen Griggs

4×4 · top 1.2% of 83,917 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014GRIG01

Stephen Griggs has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 26.59, set at NA Stadium Series - Green Bay 2022, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 209th in the United States. Until February 2013, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 149 competitions since April 2014, he has put 7,320 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.46 in April 2014 to 7.56, a 57% improvement. Stephen has entered 149 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 1.2% of 83,917 all-time
26.59
signature single · NA Stadium Series - Green Bay 2022
7,320
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
4×426.5933.17
top 1.2%209 / 19,072
Pyraminx2.115.76
top 1.3%364 / 28,708
Skewb2.157.03
top 1.8%257 / 18,907
3×37.569.53
top 2.1%1,231 / 59,724
2×21.643.49
top 2.8%1,078 / 40,951
Megaminx46.8055.45
top 3.7%271 / 7,841
5×557.701:04.97
top 4.4%363 / 9,401
Clock5.986.74
top 7.2%563 / 8,927
6×61:52.322:06.86
top 8.1%277 / 4,196
3×3 one-handed15.2623.37
top 8.7%1,161 / 15,683
Square-112.5016.52
top 10.9%759 / 6,743
7×73:28.273:39.42
top 19.1%541 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves39.33
top 20.4%446 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded1:39.572:15.14
top 26.4%551 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 5 cubes · 28:36—
early days — 3 solves440 / 731

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

Cornell Open Spring 2014: 17.46Starlight Open 2014: 17.87Red Cross Cubing Open 2014: 14.05River Hill Winter 2015: 13.06Slow n Steady Spring 2015: 12.07US Nationals 2015: 11.25River Hill Fall 2015: 10.20Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 10.02Slow N Steady Fall 2016: 10.91Rockville Winter 2017: 10.41Red Cross Cubing Open 2017: 9.87EZ Cubes Spring 2017: 10.57Slow N Steady Summer 2017: 9.56Severna Park Summer 2017: 8.69Howland High Fall 2017: 10.40Music City Fall 2017: 8.86ChicaGhosts 2017: 10.72Shaker Fall 2017: 9.84Severna Park Showdown 2017: 8.57Winter Warmup 2018: 9.87Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 10.11Grind City 2018: 8.96Howland Winter 2018: 11.13Lower Moreland Spring 2018: 11.60CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018: 9.38CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 10.49Music City Speedsolving 2018: 10.19Flag City Fall 2018: 9.83Shaker Fall 2018: 9.62Pittsburgh Open 2018: 9.43Imagination Station 2018: 9.45North Star Cubing Challenge 2019: 9.43CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019: 10.05Arnold Classic North America 2019: 9.66CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019: 9.10Florida 2019: 9.55The Last Frontier Open 2019: 8.63Upstate Cubing 2019: 9.44Penn Cube Day Spring 2019: 9.41CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019: 9.70Pittsburgh Summer 2019: 9.17Arcadia Summer 2019: 9.22WCA World Championship 2019: 9.59Canadian Championship 2019: 9.75CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 9.78Indiana 2019: 9.15Cuyahoga Cubing 2019: 9.01Providence Fall 2019: 8.97Clash at Carlisle Fall 2019: 8.77Ken-Ton Cubing 2019: 8.66Burke Mountain Fall 2019: 10.33Flag City Fall 2019: 9.27Kent Fall 2019: 9.55Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2019: 9.31Pittsburgh Fall 2019: 8.87Garrettsville G-Men Classic 2020: 8.73Cubing At Sea 2020: 9.55Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2020: 9.78Arnold Classic North America B 2020: 9.85GA Cubers Return B 2021: 9.45Stowhio Open 2021: 10.39Empire State Summer A 2021: 11.69Missoula 2021: 9.66Babylon Fall 2021: 8.10Pittsburgh Fall 2021: 9.56Bulldog Holiday Bash 2021: 10.35Bulldog Winter 2022: 10.42Gem City 2022: 10.17Baton Rouge Winter 2022: 10.71NA Stadium Series - Green Bay 2022: 9.68Maine Spring 2022: 8.83Happy Valley Spring 2022: 9.95Ohio State Expo Open 2022: 9.78Moose On The Loose Cubikon 2022: 10.32CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 10.84ROC the Cube 2022: 8.25Pennsylvania Championship 2022: 7.98Lake Erie Showdown 2022: 9.84Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 9.33Pittsburgh Summer B 2022: 8.70Lake Erie Cubing Clash 2022: 9.22Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 9.45Irish Championship 2022: 9.69Happy Valley Fall 2022: 9.63Pittsburgh Fall 2022: 9.19Bulldog Winter 2023: 8.96Pretzel Mania 2023: 9.26Nickel City 2023: 8.94Bluegrass Bash 2023: 10.66Don't Fall Off Devils Tower 2023: 8.91Slow N Steady Spring 2023: 9.32Country Roads Huntington 2023: 9.17NA Stadium Series - Cleveland 2023: 9.09Clash at Carlisle Spring 2023: 9.35Kentucky Horse Park 2023: 10.92CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2023: 10.12CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023: 9.93Canadian Championship 2023: 9.14CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 9.24Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 9.21Pretzel Mania Summer 2023: 8.26Berwick Fall 2023: 9.11Railroad City 2023: 8.11Lake Erie Showdown 2023: 9.47CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 9.69CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 9.13Virginia Championship 2023: 9.53Bulldog Winter 2024: 9.83Happy Valley Spring 2024: 10.11Plum Puzzles 2024: 8.19Puerto Rico Open 2024: 7.97Alabama Championship 2024: 8.89CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024: 10.05NA Stadium Series - Edmonton 2024: 10.00Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 8.65Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 7.56Pretzel Mania Summer 2024: 9.36Barberton Mini 7 2025: 9.07Pittsburgh Winter 2025: 9.24Mississippi Championship 2025: 8.90Green Winter 2025: 9.11Cubes in the Mountains WV 2025: 9.59Cube Against Cancer Buffalo 2025: 9.45Nevada Championship 2025: 8.22Erie Spring 2025: 9.19Put-in-Bay 2025: 9.25Presidential Puzzles in PA 2025: 9.51Axemann 2025: 8.64Warm Up Seattle 2025: 8.33Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.05Championnat Canadien 2025: 9.45Boise One-Handed Blitz 2025: 9.01Axemann Fall 2025: 9.70Northern Tier Twist 2025: 9.12Texas Championship 2025: 8.25Cube Against Cancer Pittsburgh 2026: 8.75Northern Tier Twist 2026: 9.62Fast in Fargo 2026: 8.22Axemann Summer 2026: 8.99Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 10.43Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 9.85Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 10.07Tartan Twist PA 2026: 9.497.5617.8727 Apr 201429 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-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.