People · United States
Steven Johnston
3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024JOHN09
Steven Johnston has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.34, set at Naperville Fall 2025, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,055th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since February 2024, he has put 455 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.23 in February 2024 to 7.34, a 40% improvement. Steven has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 7.34 | 9.67 | top 1.8% | 1,055 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.45 | 4.44 | top 2.1% | 546 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 44.73 | 46.34 | top 3.0% | 212 / 7,841 | |
| 2×2 | 1.81 | 4.21 | top 3.6% | 1,427 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.30 | 18.99 | top 4.9% | 692 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 3.21 | 4.11 | top 6.1% | 942 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:03.61 | 1:13.21 | top 7.6% | 594 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 6.48 | 7.28 | top 9.0% | 702 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 38.25 | 42.11 | top 10.1% | 1,500 / 19,072 | |
| 6×6 | 3:00.08 | 3:19.74 | top 41.1% | 1,506 / 4,196 |
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
- 4 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Racine Rendezvous 2026.
- 17 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Naperville Gray Skies 2026.
- 8 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2025.
- 3 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025.
- 17 Nov 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Kenosha First B 2024.
- 26 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.11 at Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2024.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026 · 5 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Racine Rendezvous 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Naperville Gray Skies 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Naperville Fall 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Kenosha First B 2024 · 17 Nov 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Chicago Area Twist Spring B 2024 · 19 May 2024
- DuPage Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Simon Kellum — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Leah Hamende — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
- Carter Kucala — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.