People · United States
Connor Newcomb
2×2 · top 3.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2022 · 2022NEWC01
Connor Newcomb has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.74, set at Unorthodox Blocks CO 2 2024, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,274th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since February 2022, he has put 124 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Connor 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 | 1.74 | 6.20 | top 3.3% | 1,274 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 18.40 | 22.68 | top 35.3% | 19,773 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.52 | 10.68 | top 40.7% | 11,665 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 9.85 | 13.64 | top 54.0% | 9,775 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 24.92 | 26.41 | top 76.5% | 6,707 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:03.88 | — | early days — 2 solves | 12,991 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 2:14.74 | — | top 87.5% | 16,587 / 19,072 |
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
- 8 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Oredigger Open CO 2025.
- 5 Feb 2022First competition: North Star Cubing Challenge 2022. A 19.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Oredigger Open CO 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- A Little Fun in Littleton Colorado 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Unorthodox Blocks CO 2 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Cubing Weekend 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in Craig 2022 · 16 Apr 2022
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2022 · 5 Feb 2022
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.
- Brayden Wroten — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Raymos Castillo — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Preston Hoing — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.