People · United States
Cole Albright
3×3 · top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019ALBR02
Cole Albright has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.99, set at Happy Valley Spring PA 2026, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,701st in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since March 2019, he has put 628 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.12 in March 2019 to 8.99, a 75% improvement. Cole has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 8.99 | 10.87 | top 4.8% | 2,701 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.41 | 3.89 | top 8.0% | 3,178 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 41.04 | 48.57 | top 13.3% | 1,982 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.90 | 1:29.19 | top 19.0% | 1,486 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.75 | 22.45 | top 19.8% | 2,553 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.01 | 8.71 | top 20.1% | 5,377 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 5.31 | 7.89 | top 20.6% | 3,283 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 10.16 | 13.15 | top 25.9% | 1,988 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 1:31.83 | 1:43.74 | top 29.4% | 2,056 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 3:03.62 | 3:12.04 | top 42.8% | 1,583 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 44 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,310 / 2,040 | |
| 7×7 | 5:50.03 | 6:02.63 | top 65.2% | 1,971 / 3,184 | |
| Square-1 | 49.01 | — | early days — 3 solves | 4,965 / 6,743 |
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
- 12 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.67 at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024.
- 12 Oct 2024Eight personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024.
- 29 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cougar Qualifier 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Five personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania 2023.
- 3 Dec 2022Four personal bests in one day at Happy Valley Fall 2022.
- 28 May 2022First sub-20 3×3: 14.61 at Country Roads Huntington 2022.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Axemann Summer 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Happy Valley Spring PA 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer Pittsburgh 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- Axemann Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Happy Valley Spring PA 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- Pennsylvania Championship 2024 · 21 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Railroad City 2023 · 23 Sep 2023
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic FMC Championship 2023 · 4 Jun 2023
- Cougar Qualifier 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Happy Valley Fall 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Country Roads Huntington 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Pittsburgh Fall 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Pittsburgh Summer 2019 · 15 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Pittsburgh Spring 2019 · 9 Mar 2019
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.
- Zayn Khanani — met in 88 rounds, never finished ahead
- Hassan Khanani — met in 81 rounds, never finished ahead
- Declan Wilhelm — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.