People · United States
Abraham Poling
3×3 · top 2.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024POLI03
Abraham Poling has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.47, set at Yuba City Spring 2026, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,182nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since January 2024, he has put 466 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.07 in January 2024 to 7.47, a 47% improvement. Abraham has entered 17 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 | 7.47 | 9.01 | top 2.0% | 1,182 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 1.72 | 3.25 | top 3.2% | 1,267 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.98 | 19.96 | top 6.1% | 864 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 6.38 | 8.90 | top 8.6% | 677 / 9,172 | |
| 4×4 | 45.49 | 50.79 | top 19.0% | 2,901 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 6.06 | 7.57 | top 26.3% | 4,325 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.08 | 10.73 | top 28.5% | 7,989 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | 41.67 | early days — 3 solves | 1,046 / 2,059 | |
| 5×5 | 2:05.89 | 2:11.31 | top 53.1% | 4,539 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 32.14 | 46.58 | top 53.5% | 3,574 / 6,846 |
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
- 15 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Yuba City Fall 2025.
- 9 Nov 2024Five personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024.
- 17 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.36 at Davis Summer 2024.
- 17 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Davis Summer 2024.
- 18 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at SacCubing XVII 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024.
Competitions
- SacCubing XXIV 2026 · 20 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in the Park Reno 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Yuba City Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing XXII 2026 · 18 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC under the Mistletoe 2025 · 20 Dec 2025
- Yuba City Fall 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Davis Summer 2025 · 2 Aug 2025
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Yuba City Spring 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XIX 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- SacCubing XVIII 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Davis Summer 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- SacCubing XVII 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- SacCubing XVI 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
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.
- Sebastian Stone — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Jason Ostdiek — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Paul Mahvi — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.