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Walter Monick
3×3 · top 0.52% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022MONI01
Walter Monick has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.05, set at Moore Cubes in Loudoun 2026, puts him in the top 0.52% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 354th in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since May 2022, he has put 391 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.44 in May 2022 to 6.05, a 55% improvement. Walter has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 6.05 | 7.56 | top 0.52% | 354 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 1.67 | 3.46 | top 2.9% | 1,165 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.46 | 31.55 | top 35.6% | 4,757 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.21 | 10.96 | top 38.0% | 11,023 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:19.46 | 1:39.94 | top 55.5% | 9,639 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 54.56 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,407 / 6,846 | |
| Clock | 40.11 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,594 / 9,172 |
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
- 30 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.33 at Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025.
- 21 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at UMBC Fall 2024.
- 14 May 2022First competition: River Hill Spring 2022. A 16.27 3×3 single to start from.
- 14 May 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.44 at River Hill Spring 2022.
Competitions
- UMBC Fall 2026 · 3 Oct 2026
- Moore Cubes in Loudoun 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026
- Derwood Cubing Derby Spring 2026 · 9 May 2026
- TJHSST Winter 2026 · 15 Mar 2026
- River Hill Fall 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
- UMBC Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025
- Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Fall 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- UMBC Fall 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Owings Mills Summer 2022 · 16 Jul 2022
- Pennsylvania Championship 2022 · 17 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 1 personal best 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.
- Hassan Khanani — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Daniel Greigg — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Brad Hoffman — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.