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Carson Hickman
3×3 · top 62.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024HICK06
Carson Hickman has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 29.91, set at West Coast Cubing Tour: San Diego 2025, puts him in the top 62.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37,204th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since August 2024, he has put 42 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.90 in August 2024 to 29.91, a 17% improvement. Carson has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 29.91 | 35.07 | top 62.4% | 37,204 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 10.61 | 16.78 | top 80.2% | 33,284 / 40,951 |
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
- 21 Jun 2025First sub-30 3×3: 29.91 at West Coast Cubing Tour: San Diego 2025.
- 2 Aug 2024First competition: CubingUSA Western Championship 2024. A 35.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Super Duper San Diego 2026 · 9 Jan 2026
- UCSD Unofficial Events 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- West Coast Cubing Tour: San Diego 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Super Duper San Diego 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 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.
- Jason Chang (章維祐) — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Shane Grogan — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Joel Kim — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 4.91 away.
- A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.