People · United States
David Hodshon-Tirella
3×3 · top 79.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024HODS02
David Hodshon-Tirella has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 42.35, set at The Bahamas Cube Challenge 2026, puts him in the top 79.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 48,600th in the United States. Across 13 competitions since November 2024, he has put 69 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:06.83 in November 2024 to 42.35, a 37% improvement. David has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 42.35 | 47.39 | top 79.5% | 48,600 / 59,724 |
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 2025First sub-60 3×3: 51.96 at New-Cumberland County 2025.
- 9 Nov 2024First competition: Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024. A 1:06.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2026 · 22 Mar 2026
- Empire State ALL11-Stars 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- UMBC Winter 2026 · 14 Feb 2026
- The Bahamas Cube Challenge 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- Puzzles in Pottsville Spring 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Front Royal Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025
- New-Cumberland County 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
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.
- Makai Guay — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Stone Payne — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brayden Adams — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 2.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.