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Walker Welch

2×2 · top 0.081% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2011 · 2011WELC01

Walker Welch has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.66, set at Get to the Point 2022, puts him in the top 0.081% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 33rd in the United States. Until June 2015, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 269 competitions since October 2011, he has put 14,863 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.91 in October 2011 to 6.80, a 72% improvement. Walker has entered 269 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.081% of 186,767 all-time
0.66
signature single · Get to the Point 2022
14,863
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×20.661.82
top 0.081%33 / 40,951
Skewb1.383.88
top 0.29%48 / 18,907
3×3 Fewest Moves19 moves21.00
top 0.45%15 / 2,040
3×36.808.66
top 1.1%702 / 59,724
Pyraminx2.063.67
top 1.3%341 / 28,708
4×429.6133.54
top 2.6%426 / 19,072
Square-17.8813.83
top 2.8%208 / 6,743
7×72:23.872:34.43
top 2.9%76 / 3,184
Clock4.356.14
top 3.0%256 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed12.0515.35
top 3.1%480 / 15,683
5×555.061:02.22
top 3.4%281 / 9,401
6×61:37.221:43.40
top 3.4%125 / 4,196
Megaminx50.0859.04
top 5.1%365 / 7,841
3×3 blindfolded38.461:18.86
top 6.4%125 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind13 of 13 cubes · 57:02—
top 11.2%79 / 731
4×4 blindfolded5:16.477:21.53
top 24.0%96 / 440
5×5 blindfolded14:41.0019:09.00
top 40.3%86 / 218

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

Cubetcha 2011: 23.91Minnesota Open 2012: 14.71Cubetcha 2012: 14.16Indiana 2012: 13.50Dixon Winter 2013: 12.90Winona Open 2013: 12.90Dixon Summer 2013: 12.52World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 10.86Indiana 2013: 13.09Cubetcha 2013: 10.63UIUC Fall 2013: 12.46Houston Winter Open 2014: 11.16Dixon Spring 2014: 10.64Minnesota Cube Melt 2014: 10.47Iowa Corn Lovers 2014: 9.50Michigan 2014: 11.54Dixon Summer 2014: 9.84US Nationals 2014: 11.40Indiana 2014: 11.02Wiscube 2014: 10.87Mishawaka Fall 2014: 9.39Cubetcha 2014: 10.78Oklahoma Open 2014: 10.27Lawrence Spring 2015: 10.36Fabulous Minnesota Competition 2015: 10.09Field of Cubes 2015: 10.03Minnesota Cube Melt 2015: 9.53Clock N' Stuff 2015: 9.39Dixon Summer 2015: 10.64Michigan 2015: 10.17US Nationals 2015: 9.74Wiscube 2nd Edition 2015: 9.44MCC Gamma 2015: 9.06Cubetcha 2015: 9.63Kansas City Cubing 2015: 8.40Dixon Winter 2016: 9.28Big Apple Cube Clash 2016: 9.22KCubing Spring 2016: 9.05Clock N' Other Stuff 2016: 8.81Summit City Open 2016: 7.99Minnesota Cube Melt 2016: 9.61Indiana 2016: 10.48Saint Mary Scramble 2016: 9.08US Nationals 2016: 8.48Michigan 2016: 9.25KCubing Summer 2016: 8.96Dixon Fall 2016: 8.71Lawrence Fall 2016: 8.16Cubetcha 2016: 9.94Mega Minnesota Winter 2016: 9.89Marrs Mixup Winter 2017: 8.36Iowa State Spring 2017: 9.53Dixon Spring 2017: 8.81Minnesota Cube Melt 2017: 8.29Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2017: 6.80Hillcrest Cubing 2017: 8.75CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 8.77World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 8.86Heartland Championships 2017: 9.35September Speedcubing 2017: 9.30Wiscube 2017: 8.28Cubetcha 2017: 8.51Fargo Fall 2017: 8.29North Iowa 2017: 8.93Race the Clock 2017: 8.96Lions Cubing 2018: 8.21North Star Cubing Challenge 2018: 7.90Hendersonville Winter 2018: 9.38CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018: 8.88Elk Cubing 2018: 8.70Eugene Spring 2018: 8.15CubeIowa 2018: 7.29Dixon Spring 2018: 8.68Gateway Ravioli Spring 2018: 8.42Three Seconds Snakes 2018: 7.87South Dakota First 2018: 8.33Minnesota Cube Melt 2018: 8.20Clock N' Cats 2018: 7.85Get to the Point 2018: 8.19CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 9.62Sioux Falls Summer 2018: 8.44Winnipeg Open 2018: 9.73CWR Fall 2018: 9.01China Championship 2018: 8.69Cubetcha 2018: 7.85Independence Cube Day 2018: 9.16Fargo Fall 2018: 9.50Wiscube 2018: 9.23Mega Minnesota Winter 2018: 8.96Race the Clock 2018: 8.13Florence Winter 2019: 9.22North Star Cubing Challenge 2019: 8.07Sioux Falls Winter 2019: 9.27CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019: 9.60CubeIowa 2019: 8.59Minnesota Cube Melt 2019: 8.77CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019: 7.39Chicago Area Twist Spring 2019: 8.17Minnesota Qualifier 2019: 8.50Warm Up Sydney 2019: 9.09WCA World Championship 2019: 7.98Massachusetts Championship 2019: 8.45CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 8.273x3 Only Minnesota 2019: 8.21Sioux Fall 2019: 8.83Superior Cubing - Duluth 2019: 8.46Superior Cubing - Thunder Bay 2019: 8.13Winnipeg Open 2019: 8.03Copper Country Cubing Fall 2019: 8.29Cubetcha 2019: 8.04Fargo Fall 2019: 8.96Mega Minnesota Winter 2019: 7.34Wiscube 2019: 9.16North Star Cubing Challenge 2020: 8.83Big Cheese 2020: 8.35Cubing Peoria 2020: 8.02Copper Country Cubing Winter 2020: 8.44Minnesota Cube Days 2020: 6.80Copper Country Cubing Summer 2021: 8.53Missoula 2021: 9.55Cubetcha B 2021: 9.20Sioux Falls Winter 2021: 9.13Windy City New Year 2022: 7.77Baton Rouge Winter 2022: 8.98North Star Cubing Challenge 2022: 8.38NA Stadium Series - Green Bay 2022: 8.82Maine Spring 2022: 8.21Ohio State Expo Open 2022: 7.83Minnesota Cube Melt 2022: 8.81CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022: 8.53Minnesota Cube Day 2022: 8.70Colorado Cubing Weekend 2022: 8.77Sioux Falls Spring 2022: 7.68Winnipeg Open 2022: 9.42Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 8.17Milwaukee First 2022: 8.29Side Events Minnesota 2022: 8.26Get to the Point 2022: 8.62Cubetcha 2022: 9.44Rochester Fall 2022: 8.74Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2022: 8.51Burke Mountain Cubing 2022: 6.87Loon Cubikon 2022: 9.03Race the Clock Minnesota 2022: 10.87North Star Cubing Challenge 2023: 8.99Frozen Lake Minnesota 2023: 8.75SPAMtown Cubing 2023: 7.72Nebraska Heartland Warmup 2023: 7.24Cubing up the UP 2023: 8.87FargoDome 2023: 7.14Door County Cube Challenge 2023: 8.64Minnesota Cube Melt 2023: 8.47CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2023: 8.04Winnipeg Open 2023: 8.63CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023: 9.20Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2023: 8.44CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 8.95Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 8.89North Woods 2023: 8.30Cubetcha 2023: 9.53NxN Minnesota 2023: 9.72Race the Clock Minnesota 2023: 7.47Milwaukee Cubing Mania 2024: 8.64North Star Cubing Challenge 2024: 7.81Elite in Eagan 2024: 8.53Winterpeg 2024: 7.81Minnesota Newcomer Sunday 2024: 8.21Nebraska Championship 2024: 6.86Minnesota Cube Melt 2024: 8.08Council Bluffs Cubing Buff 2024: 8.10CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024: 8.51Minnesota Warm Up 2024: 8.78Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 8.46Winnipeg Open 2024: 9.51Rosemount Side Events 2024: 8.22Cubing on Lake Superior 2024: 8.48Cubetcha MN 2024: 8.25Minnesota Championship 2024: 8.14North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2025: 8.35Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025: 7.38Solve La Crosse 2025: 8.49Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2025: 8.20Minnesota Cube Melt 2025: 7.57Moorhead Madness 2025: 8.71Minnesota Slice 2025: 8.71Warm Up Seattle 2025: 7.36Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.64CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025: 7.92Cubetcha MN 2025: 8.08Minnesota Championship 2025: 8.46Race the Clock MN 2025: 8.61North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2026: 9.22Nebraska Championship 2026: 8.43Minnesota Cube Melt 2026: 7.85CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026: 8.77Fast in Fargo 2026: 7.87Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 8.506.8023.9129 Oct 20112 Jul 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-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.