People · Canada
Cordelia Hu
3×3 one-handed · top 1.5% of 73,695 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018HUGE02
Cordelia Hu has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 10.66, set at Wakefield MA Spring 2026, puts her in the top 1.5% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30th in Canada. Until December 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2018, she has put 197 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 2 DNFs. Her 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 53.84 in August 2018 to 10.66, an 80% improvement. Cordelia has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.66 | 13.34 | top 1.5% | 30 / 2,620 | |
| 2×2 | 2.02 | 3.23 | top 4.9% | 300 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 10.10 | 11.17 | top 7.8% | 723 / 10,392 | |
| Megaminx | 1:09.34 | 1:16.35 | top 15.2% | 129 / 1,375 | |
| Square-1 | 18.36 | 22.18 | top 24.3% | 204 / 952 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.83 | 7.83 | top 26.5% | 1,129 / 4,858 | |
| 4×4 | 51.74 | 58.97 | top 26.8% | 687 / 3,118 | |
| Clock | 10.92 | 11.97 | top 29.7% | 267 / 1,029 | |
| Skewb | 7.81 | 10.02 | top 39.8% | 1,001 / 2,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:02.45 | — | early days — 2 solves | 672 / 1,499 |
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 one-handed. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Feb 2026Five personal bests in one day at Brown Cubing Day 2026.
- 13 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Ipswich Fall 2025.
- 25 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing on Lake Cochituate 2025.
- 11 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Lexington Weeknights V 2025.
- 5 Aug 2024First sub-20 3×3: 12.76 at Lexington Weeknights V 2024.
- 5 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.76 at Lexington Weeknights V 2024.
Competitions
- Wakefield MA Spring 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Brown Cubing Day 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Ipswich Fall 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing on Lake Cochituate 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Lexington Weeknights V 2025 · 11 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Lexington Weeknights V 2024 · 5 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Music City Speedsolving 2018 · 31 Aug 2018
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 her.
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Will Russo — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Timothy Reid — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as she improves.