People · United States
Colin Hegstrom
2×2 · top 8.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2021 · 2021HEGS01
Colin Hegstrom has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.40, set at Loon Cubikon NH 2025, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,139th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since June 2021, he has put 83 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.29 in August 2021 to 12.60, a 41% improvement. Colin 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.40 | 5.29 | top 8.0% | 3,139 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 12.60 | 16.26 | top 16.0% | 8,577 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.18 | 10.06 | top 29.3% | 8,119 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:18.28 | 1:22.39 | top 54.5% | 9,297 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 58 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,886 / 2,040 |
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
- 16 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.60 at Loon Cubikon NH 2025.
- 16 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Loon Cubikon NH 2025.
- 10 Sep 2022First sub-20 3×3: 18.85 at Amherst Open 2022.
- 27 Jun 2021First competition: Back to Cambridge B 2021.
Competitions
- New Hampshire Championship 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- Loon Cubikon NH 2025 · 16 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Naticube 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Amherst Open 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Summer B 2021 · 1 Aug 2021
- Back to Cambridge B 2021 · 27 Jun 2021
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.
- Aidan McKenzie — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Derek White — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Carubia — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.