People · New Zealand
Cody Steens
3×3 · top 43.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025STEE03
Cody Steens has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.10, set at Welcome Back Hamilton 2026, puts him in the top 43.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 918th in New Zealand. Across 5 competitions since September 2025, he has put 76 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.59 in September 2025 to 21.10, a 35% improvement. Cody has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 21.10 | 26.94 | top 43.1% | 918 / 2,145 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.89 | 1:24.98 | top 45.9% | 311 / 745 | |
| 5×5 | 2:05.48 | 2:27.93 | top 52.8% | 185 / 364 | |
| Clock | 16.78 | 22.32 | top 54.8% | 193 / 319 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.94 | 18.08 | top 77.6% | 943 / 1,149 | |
| 2×2 | 10.74 | 21.84 | top 80.6% | 1,343 / 1,627 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:06.13 | — | early days — 3 solves | 520 / 607 |
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
- 9 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Welcome Back Hamilton 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025First sub-30 3×3: 28.90 at Drury Summer 2025.
- 20 Sep 2025First competition: Beachside Auckland 2025. A 32.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Dualling in Milford 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome Back Hamilton 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2025 · 12 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Drury Summer 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Beachside Auckland 2025 · 20 Sep 2025
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.
- Brandon Harris — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xavier Courteau-Laing — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kaiden Ziegler — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 115,495 people have one; it is 1.10 away.
- A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 31,087 people have one; it is 8.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.