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Sullivan Contray
Skewb · top 4.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023CONT02
Sullivan Contray has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.80, set at CubingUSA New England Championship 2024, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 631st in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since March 2023, he has put 728 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.18 in March 2023 to 11.40, a 37% improvement. Sullivan has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.80 | 9.15 | top 4.0% | 631 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 2.04 | 4.46 | top 5.0% | 2,003 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.40 | 13.81 | top 11.8% | 6,343 / 59,724 | |
| Megaminx | 1:03.69 | 1:08.10 | top 11.9% | 806 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 41.69 | 51.10 | top 14.1% | 2,101 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.40 | 8.07 | top 15.8% | 4,153 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 8.29 | 12.78 | top 16.6% | 1,262 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.93 | 1:36.89 | top 24.9% | 1,934 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 19.29 | 28.95 | top 26.3% | 1,723 / 6,743 | |
| 6×6 | 2:50.94 | 3:07.97 | top 36.5% | 1,318 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 4:25.72 | 4:35.08 | top 39.8% | 1,126 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.06 | 32.45 | top 42.1% | 5,652 / 15,683 |
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 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at American Dream NJ 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025Five personal bests in one day at PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025.
- 23 Aug 2024Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New England Championship 2024.
- 24 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Gros Jouets à Montréal 2024.
- 10 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in Mount Kisco 2024.
- 26 Aug 2023Five personal bests in one day at Newark's On Track 2023.
Competitions
- Tartan Twist PA 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Mid-Atlantic Warm-Up 2026 · 9 Aug 2026
- Liberty Science Center Open B 2026 · 1 Mar 2026
- Fort Lee Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Manhattan Mini AM 2025 · 20 Dec 2025
- Flushing Glow at Night II 2025 · 15 Dec 2025
- Manhattan Megaminx Mayhem 2 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Flushing Glow at Night 2025 · 13 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- American Dream NJ 2025 · 4 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- NYU Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Manhattan Megaminx Mayhem 2025 · 1 Mar 2025
- PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Pop Off Princeton 2025 · 11 Jan 2025
- Manhattan Mini PM 2024 · 15 Dec 2024
- Flushing Glow PM 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- An Afternoon in Nyack 2024 · 29 Sep 2024
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2024 · 23 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Spring into Summit 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Don't Pop Princeton 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- NYU Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Gros Jouets à Montréal 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in Mount Kisco 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Manhattan Mini B 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Newark's On Track 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- North Jersey Speedsolving B 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- PBs in Palisades 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- NJIT Spring 2023 · 18 Mar 2023
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.
- Ayden Dincher — met in 125 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan Hughes — met in 112 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Rex Ozsvath — met in 111 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.