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Wesley Stephenson

3×3 · top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016STEP01

Wesley Stephenson has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.97, set at Utah Puzzling for Awareness IV 2025, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,678th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since March 2016, he has put 457 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.85 in March 2016 to 8.97, a 43% improvement. Wesley has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.97
signature single · Utah Puzzling for Awareness IV 2025
457
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.9710.99
top 4.8%2,678 / 59,724
5×559.971:06.17
top 5.5%452 / 9,401
4×435.0537.85
top 6.7%1,047 / 19,072
7×72:53.533:17.29
top 8.8%238 / 3,184
6×62:00.982:11.09
top 11.4%405 / 4,196
2×22.973.64
top 13.9%5,459 / 40,951
Clock7.939.43
top 14.9%1,140 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed19.3627.17
top 18.8%2,422 / 15,683
Skewb5.287.84
top 20.3%3,240 / 18,907
Pyraminx6.307.85
top 22.2%5,977 / 28,708
Square-118.0122.05
top 23.4%1,549 / 6,743
Megaminx1:28.311:40.48
top 27.1%1,872 / 7,841

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

Utah Spring: Gotta go Fast 2016: 15.85Utah Fall Championship 2016: 12.37Utah Megacomp II 2017: 11.78Utah Speedcube Speedoff 2017: 9.81Utah Winter Open 2018: 10.18Utah Spring Open 2018: 9.36Utah Big Blind-off 2018: 10.53CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 9.88Utah Snowball Bash 2018: 10.67CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024: 11.16Utah Cubing with Culture 2024: 9.62Utah Puzzling for Awareness IV 2025: 8.978.9715.855 Mar 20165 Apr 2025

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
  • A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 9.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.