People · Australia
Eric Hess
3×3 · top 9.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022HESS02
Eric Hess has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.77, set at Tramsheds V: Autumn Sunday 2025, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 863rd in Australia. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since June 2022, he has put 129 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.33 in June 2022 to 10.77, a 30% improvement. Eric 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.77 | 12.99 | top 9.8% | 863 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.94 | 8.80 | top 12.8% | 606 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 3.66 | 5.93 | top 22.2% | 1,703 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.04 | 36.75 | top 46.7% | 1,093 / 2,659 | |
| Skewb | 8.93 | 11.13 | top 47.9% | 1,517 / 3,534 | |
| 4×4 | 1:25.88 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,703 / 3,051 |
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
- 27 Aug 2022First sub-15 3×3: 11.66 at Sydney Winter Saturday 2022.
- 27 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at Sydney Winter Saturday 2022.
- 11 Jun 2022First competition: NSW Open 2022. A 15.33 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tramsheds V: Autumn Sunday 2025 · 18 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds IV: Summer Sunday 2025 · 9 Feb 2025
- North Sydney Cube Day 2023 · 5 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023 · 22 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Marrickville Mini Open PM 2022 · 16 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Sydney Winter Saturday 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- NSW Open 2022 · 11 Jun 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.
- Josiah Stamos — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Peri Le Dain — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Reyansh Gupta — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.