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Steven Turner

2×2 · top 2.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since December 2008 · 2008TURN02

Steven Turner has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.52, set at United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 908th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 69 competitions since December 2008, he has put 1,671 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.50 in December 2008 to 10.09, a 60% improvement. Steven has entered 69 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.2% of 189,179 all-time
1.52
signature single · United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010
1,671
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.523.31
top 2.2%908 / 41,674
3×310.0913.46
top 7.8%4,339 / 60,666
3×3 one-handed17.4625.18
top 13.8%1,808 / 15,900
Pyraminx5.789.07
top 18.4%4,976 / 29,168
4×445.5959.22
top 19.1%2,927 / 19,354
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves—
top 30.1%661 / 2,059
5×51:39.941:48.23
top 35.4%2,845 / 9,537
Skewb7.8815.67
top 40.4%7,078 / 19,164
Square-125.6544.52
top 40.6%2,671 / 6,846
Clock14.2818.07
top 45.0%3,714 / 9,172
3×3 blindfolded2:37.975:13.67
top 45.9%1,000 / 2,128
6×63:20.373:28.48
top 50.8%1,930 / 4,262
7×75:06.845:28.50
top 52.8%1,571 / 3,236
Megaminx2:57.43—
early days — 2 solves5,841 / 8,026

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

Discovery Science Center 10th Anniversary 2008: 25.50San Francisco Open 2009: 25.61EPGY Stanford Winter 2009: 19.21San Diego Science Festival 2009: 20.00Discovery Science Center competition 2009: 14.19San Diego Open 2009: 16.15US Nationals 2009: 15.59Nisei Week Open 2009: 17.15Caltech Fall competition 2009: 13.83Discovery Science Center Winter 2009: 18.18Bayview Hills Open 2010: 13.06Caltech Winter 2010: 14.59Moose Lodge 2010: 14.78Discovery Science Center competition 2010: 13.38San Diego Open 2010: 14.59United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 13.94Nisei Week Open 2010: 11.83Marymount Open 2010: 13.31Caltech Fall 2010: 11.96Caltech Winter 2011: 12.55Caltech Prefrosh 2011: 12.42Caltech Spring 2011: 12.94San Diego 2011: 13.65Caltech Fall 2011: 13.43Caltech Winter 2012: 15.77Caltech Spring 2012: 13.93Antelope Valley Summer 2012: 13.75United States National Championships 2012: 13.61Nisei Week 2012: 13.08Diamond Bar Open 2012: 13.69Caltech Fall Open 2012: 13.78Arizona Winter 2012: 13.69Antelope Valley Winter 2013: 13.46Caltech Winter Open 2013: 13.16Diamond Bar Spring Open 2013: 13.22Caltech Spring Open 2013: 11.96San Diego Summer Splash 2013: 10.41World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 12.69Nisei Week 2013: 10.09Antelope Valley Fall 2013: 13.84Southwest Showdown 2013: 13.50Caltech Fall Open 2013: 14.05Caltech Winter Open 2014: 11.88Caltech Spring Open 2014: 13.13San Diego Summer Splash 2014: 14.25Nisei Week 2014: 14.76Antelope Valley Fall 2014: 13.69St. Francis Winter Open 2015: 14.20Alliance for Education 2015: 12.77SoCal Supercomp 2015: 12.58Nisei Week 2015: 14.60St. Francis II: GYM 2016: 13.75Poly Cubed 2016: 14.09Nisei Week 2016: 15.80Las Vegas Spring 2017: 12.54Nisei Week 2017: 13.53Cajun Cube Clash 2018: 12.74Nisei Week 2018: 15.47Gonna Need a Bigger Cube SD 2023: 11.78Rialto Cubing Summer 2023: 14.03Corona Summer 2023: 13.06Jurupa Valley Cubing Fall 2023: 15.78University Heights Cubing Winter 2024: 11.67Temecula Valley Fall 2024: 13.37Poly Cubed at Pomona 2025: 12.4410.0925.6120 Dec 200818 Oct 2025

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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.