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Tony Pugh

3×3 · top 44.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023PUGH01

Tony Pugh has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.53, set at Many Cubes in Mansfield 2025, puts him in the top 44.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25,403rd in the United States. Across 33 competitions since February 2023, he has put 491 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.47 in February 2023 to 21.53, a 55% improvement. Tony has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 44.2% of 284,439 all-time
21.53
signature single · Many Cubes in Mansfield 2025
491
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×321.5329.51
top 44.2%25,403 / 59,724
Clock15.6118.44
top 50.3%4,107 / 8,927
Square-135.1453.14
top 58.7%3,871 / 6,743
4×41:23.551:36.69
top 58.7%10,161 / 19,072
2×26.9710.52
top 60.2%24,704 / 40,951
Pyraminx11.1217.96
top 61.4%18,053 / 28,708
Skewb11.2219.80
top 62.0%11,452 / 18,907
5×52:57.033:14.37
top 77.1%6,930 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed1:21.712:04.19
top 93.0%14,336 / 15,683
6×66:28.826:50.80
top 93.3%3,885 / 4,196
7×79:41.6010:03.00
top 96.3%3,118 / 3,184
Megaminx5:33.82—
early days — 2 solves7,760 / 7,841
3×3 Fewest Moves67 moves—
early days — 1 solve2,000 / 2,040

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

Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023: 47.47Ohio State Spring First-Timers B 2023: 28.28CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 37.49Swoop in Again Oxford 2023: 35.43BHT Pyraminx Bash 2024: 31.56Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2024: 27.26Ohio State Spring 2024: 29.18Ohio State Summer 2024: 29.19Get Ready Grove City 2024: 27.31Dublin Ohio Summer PM 2024: 29.06Ohio State Fall 2024: 23.31Ohio State Winter 2025: 30.11Carmen Cube Clash Ohio State 2025: 28.92Grove City Weeknight Trios 2025: 29.00Many Cubes in Mansfield 2025: 21.53Ohio State Summer 2025: 25.96Ohio State Winter 2026: 29.10Lewis Center Side Events 2026: 29.0721.5347.4718 Feb 202331 Jan 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
  • A sub-15 Clock single — 15,373 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.