People · Canada
Eric Hess
3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2015 · 2015HESS01
Eric Hess has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.37, set at Canada's Best in the West 2018, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 182nd in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since January 2015, he has put 600 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.68 in January 2015 to 7.37, a 24% improvement. Eric has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 7.37 | 9.65 | top 1.8% | 182 / 10,392 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 27.91 | 37.41 | top 3.6% | 18 / 351 | |
| 2×2 | 2.09 | 3.51 | top 5.4% | 336 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.87 | 18.07 | top 7.9% | 168 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 36.36 | 41.80 | top 8.0% | 189 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 10 of 11 cubes · 49:28 | — | early days — 2 solves | 21 / 112 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.18 | 9.09 | top 21.3% | 900 / 4,858 | |
| 5×5 | 1:27.82 | 1:34.22 | top 25.5% | 308 / 1,499 | |
| Megaminx | 1:38.15 | 1:54.07 | top 33.5% | 347 / 1,375 |
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
- 24 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Canada's Best in the West 2018.
- 30 Jan 2016Four personal bests in one day at Edmonton Open Winter 2016.
- 10 Jan 2015First competition: Edmonton Open Winter 2015. A 11.60 3×3 single to start from.
- 10 Jan 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.68 at Edmonton Open Winter 2015.
Competitions
- Calgary Fall 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Calgary Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- No Peeking Blind & NxN Calgary 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Among the Drumheller Dinosaurs 2024 · 24 Aug 2024
- 3x3 Only Calgary 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Edmonton New Year 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Foothills Fright 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Canada's Best in the West 2018 · 24 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Battle for Foothills Limited 2018 · 26 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Foothills Fall 2017 · 21 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Sherwood Park Open Summer 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Too Much Cubing 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Calgary Limited Fall 2016 · 26 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Edmonton Limited Summer 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Calgary Open Spring 2016 · 28 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Edmonton Open Winter 2016 · 30 Jan 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Edmonton Open Winter 2015 · 10 Jan 2015 — 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.
- Paris Dorn — met in 108 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Alex Mutch — met in 105 rounds, finished ahead 77 times
- Ethan Basanov — met in 98 rounds, finished ahead 61 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.37 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 blindfolded single — 355 people have one; it is 2.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.