People · United States
Timothy Fountain
3×3 · top 7.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023FOUN01
Timothy Fountain has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.83, set at Cube More in Ardmore 2025, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,835th in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2023, he has put 289 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.44 in April 2023 to 9.83, a 40% improvement. Timothy has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 9.83 | 14.55 | top 7.0% | 3,835 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 5.16 | 8.75 | top 19.4% | 3,087 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 3.83 | 5.32 | top 24.3% | 9,537 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.69 | 8.83 | top 25.4% | 6,944 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.85 | 31.73 | top 39.0% | 5,181 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 13.18 | 15.09 | top 40.4% | 3,214 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.95 | 1:23.45 | top 51.5% | 8,700 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 2:29.28 | 2:54.12 | top 60.8% | 4,586 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 2:46.20 | — | top 73.1% | 6,475 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 1:49.07 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,643 / 6,743 |
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
- 9 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.83 at Cube More in Ardmore 2025.
- 19 Jul 2025Six personal bests in one day at Binghamton Summer 2025.
- 20 Jun 2025Six personal bests in one day at Worlds Prep in Palisades 2025.
- 26 Oct 2024Four personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Fall 2024.
- 11 Nov 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.60 at Oklahoma Fall 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023Five personal bests in one day at Ski Valley Solving 2023.
Competitions
- Cube More in Ardmore 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Binghamton Summer 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Worlds Prep in Palisades 2025 · 20 Jun 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- ROC the Cube 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- OKC Cube-Off Winter 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Oklahoma Fall 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ski Valley Solving 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- BeCubed Spring 2023 · 29 Apr 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.
- Samuel Threlkeld — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ryan Pilat — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Nash Wiser — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.