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Stephen Rueda
3×3 · top 13.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022RUED01
Stephen Rueda has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.78, set at Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026, puts him in the top 13.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,044th in the United States. Across 18 competitions since April 2022, he has put 430 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.21 in April 2022 to 11.78, a 62% improvement. Stephen has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 11.78 | 14.49 | top 13.1% | 7,044 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.98 | 4.66 | top 14.0% | 5,504 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.16 | 12.31 | top 29.2% | 8,070 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 6.74 | 10.03 | top 31.6% | 5,233 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.67 | 29.85 | top 36.0% | 4,753 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:25.48 | 1:51.67 | top 60.2% | 10,458 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 34.11 | — | early days — 1 solve | 7,930 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 4:02.40 | — | early days — 1 solve | 7,283 / 7,841 |
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
- 2 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.76 at Pretzel Mania Summer 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Summer 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania 2023.
- 1 Oct 2022First sub-20 3×3: 18.68 at Think In Fink Fall 2022.
- 14 May 2022First sub-30 3×3: 21.98 at River Hill Spring 2022.
- 2 Apr 2022First competition: Slow N Steady Spring 2022. A 31.21 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
- River Hill Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Spring 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- MoCo Cubing Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Fall 2023 · 21 Oct 2023
- Slow N Steady Fall 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Valenzuela Cubing Open 2023 · 2 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Think In Fink Fall 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Owings Mills Summer 2022 · 16 Jul 2022
- River Hill Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2022 · 2 Apr 2022
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.
- Rich Tayag — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
- Kobe Balin — met in 72 rounds, never finished ahead
- Will Venuti — met in 72 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.