People · United States
Theodore Lounsbery
3×3 · top 3.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025LOUN01
Theodore Lounsbery has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.44, set at Only Odds in Minnesota 2026, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,084th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2025, he has put 243 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.11 in November 2025 to 8.44, a 30% improvement. Theodore has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 8.44 | 10.95 | top 3.6% | 2,084 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 1.83 | 3.70 | top 3.8% | 1,514 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.15 | 6.57 | top 8.5% | 2,203 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 1:11.44 | 1:25.23 | top 12.7% | 989 / 9,537 | |
| Skewb | 4.52 | 5.96 | top 14.7% | 2,313 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 1:08.51 | 1:11.65 | top 14.8% | 1,026 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 44.54 | 45.41 | top 17.8% | 2,727 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.96 | 23.86 | top 20.4% | 2,652 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 9.28 | 11.18 | top 21.3% | 1,680 / 9,172 | |
| Square-1 | 22.60 | 39.17 | top 33.8% | 2,229 / 6,846 | |
| 7×7 | 4:12.12 | 4:18.33 | top 35.1% | 991 / 3,236 |
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
- 12 Sep 2026Six personal bests in one day at Only Odds in Minnesota 2026.
- 25 Jul 2026Four personal bests in one day at SPAMTown IV MN 2026.
- 22 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.64 at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026.
- 22 May 2026Eight personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025First competition: Minnesota Championship 2025. A 16.04 3×3 single to start from.
- 29 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.11 at Minnesota Championship 2025.
Competitions
- Only Odds in Minnesota 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- SPAMTown IV MN 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026 · 22 May 2026 — 8 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 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.
- Tyler Robinson — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Nathan Phillips — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kaius Young — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.