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Emmanuel Hawkins
3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022HAWK03
Emmanuel Hawkins has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.42, set at Abuja Open 2024, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Nigeria. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2022, he has put 130 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Emmanuel has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Nigeria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.42 | 10.50 | top 3.6% | 8 / 300 | |
| 2×2 | 3.02 | 3.93 | top 14.5% | 9 / 101 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.24 | 6.79 | top 14.7% | 5 / 62 | |
| 4×4 | 42.35 | 50.80 | top 14.9% | 12 / 57 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.33 | 21.18 | top 18.7% | 9 / 43 | |
| Skewb | 8.44 | 20.56 | top 44.6% | 6 / 16 |
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
- 20 Aug 2022First competition: Lagos Open 2022. A 10.41 3×3 single to start from.
- 20 Aug 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.28 at Lagos Open 2022.
Competitions
- King's College Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Abuja Open 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Nigeria Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Lagos Open 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Temiloluwa Ishola — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Oghenerukevwe Esemitodje — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Oluleke-Oke John — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.