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Stephen Ra
3×3 · top 11.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024RAST02
Stephen Ra has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.41, set at Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026, puts him in the top 11.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,469th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since August 2024, he has put 67 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.32 in August 2024 to 11.41, a 34% improvement. Stephen has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 11.41 | 12.99 | top 11.9% | 6,469 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.00 | 11.14 | top 20.0% | 5,455 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 56.51 | 1:03.42 | top 32.6% | 5,246 / 19,354 | |
| 2×2 | 4.94 | 5.65 | top 38.6% | 15,737 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 8.04 | 10.77 | top 41.7% | 7,352 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 13.66 | 17.65 | top 42.4% | 3,484 / 9,172 | |
| Square-1 | 26.51 | 31.27 | top 42.5% | 2,800 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.71 | 33.50 | top 46.1% | 6,340 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 2:31.64 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,903 / 9,537 |
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
- 14 Feb 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.51 at UMBC Winter 2026.
- 31 Aug 2024First competition: Pretzel Mania Summer 2024. A 19.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Winter 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UMBC Fall 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Stone Payne — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Leland Pak — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Makai Guay — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.