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Carter Hawkins
2×2 · top 1.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024HAWK03
Carter Hawkins has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.30, set at NOLA Cube Fest 2026, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 577th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since July 2024, he has put 291 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.59 in July 2024 to 17.15, a 44% improvement. Carter has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.30 | 6.67 | top 1.4% | 577 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 6.05 | 9.01 | top 26.2% | 4,314 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 17.15 | 21.55 | top 31.6% | 17,684 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.27 | 13.37 | top 38.6% | 11,183 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.41 | 42.69 | top 56.3% | 7,931 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 18.13 | 22.38 | top 59.2% | 5,101 / 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
- 18 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at NOLA Cube Fest 2026.
- 23 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Louisiana Mega Two Day 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.91 at South East Louisiana Open 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at South East Louisiana Open 2025.
- 14 Sep 2024First sub-30 3×3: 23.54 at Fleur-de-Lis Fall LA 2024.
- 5 Jul 2024First competition: Cajun Cube Clash 2024. A 32.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Louisiana Championship 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cajun Cube Clash 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubalaya LA 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- LA Summer Throwdown 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NOLA Cube Fest 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer LA 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- LA Unorthodox Twistgiving 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- LA Twist or Treat 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cajun Cube Clash 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Louisiana Mega Two Day 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- South East Louisiana Open 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Fleur-de-Lis Fall LA 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cajun Cube Clash 2024 · 5 Jul 2024 — 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.
- Ordway Persyn — met in 60 rounds, never finished ahead
- Seth Talbot — met in 55 rounds, never finished ahead
- Peyton Tumy — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 19,128 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.