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Sutton Barkley

2×2 · top 0.75% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018BARK03

Sutton Barkley has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.09, set at Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024, puts him in the top 0.75% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 307th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since June 2018, he has put 1,966 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.43 in September 2018 to 7.88, a 77% improvement. Sutton has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.75% of 186,767 all-time
1.09
signature single · Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024
1,966
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.093.21
top 0.75%307 / 40,951
Square-16.909.43
top 1.6%127 / 6,743
Skewb2.284.43
top 2.2%319 / 18,907
Pyraminx2.605.54
top 2.5%651 / 28,708
3×37.889.70
top 2.6%1,495 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed11.8016.09
top 2.7%432 / 15,683
Megaminx45.8347.72
top 3.4%248 / 7,841
4×431.9338.05
top 4.1%662 / 19,072
Clock5.487.36
top 5.7%440 / 8,927
5×51:01.561:09.78
top 6.4%518 / 9,401
6×61:58.382:10.83
top 10.4%372 / 4,196
7×73:12.783:25.53
top 14.2%391 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded1:27.78—
top 22.2%452 / 2,092
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves43.67
top 40.9%879 / 2,040
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 17:30—
early days — 2 solves616 / 731

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

Razorback Fall 2018: 34.43Kansas Cubing Open Spring 2022: 10.82Cube More in Ardmore 2022: 9.54Cube With Intention in Denton 2022: 9.15Arkansolve 2023: 9.97CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023: 9.90DFW Cubing Summer 2023: 8.74Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023: 10.68Brazos Cubing Fall 2023: 9.52Cube With Attention in Denton 2023: 10.12Longhorn Cube Day 2023: 9.70Texas Championship 2023: 9.69Keep Austin Weird 2023: 8.90UCO Cubing Winter 2024: 8.83DFW Cubing Winter 2024: 9.43Missouri Summer Kickoff 2024: 9.78Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 9.35Brazos Cubing Fall 2024: 8.69Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024: 8.68DFW Cubing Winter 2025: 9.17The Heart of Texas 2025: 8.70Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025: 8.98Brazos Cubing Spring 2025: 9.31Oklahoma Championship 2025: 9.14Cube More in Ardmore 2025: 8.98Space City Fall TX 2025: 7.88Texas Championship 2025: 8.27Brazos Cubing Winter 2026: 9.30Oklahoma Championship 2026: 9.687.8834.438 Sep 201815 May 2026

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.

  • Ryan Pilat — met in 382 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
  • John Wanger II — met in 238 rounds, finished ahead 139 times
  • Casey Ngo — met in 231 rounds, finished ahead 76 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 0.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.