People · United States
George Stephen Howard
Clock · top 3.0% of 32,817 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025HOWA04
George Stephen Howard has been competing for a year. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 4.35, set at Mini-Sota Summer 2026, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 259th in the United States. Until June 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2025, he has put 184 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Clock best has come down from 11.43 in August 2025 to 4.35, a 62% improvement. George has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 4.35 | 5.87 | top 3.0% | 259 / 9,172 | |
| Skewb | 4.49 | 10.38 | top 14.4% | 2,277 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 3.09 | 5.74 | top 15.4% | 6,091 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 16.80 | 25.79 | top 30.5% | 17,026 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.38 | 13.57 | top 31.0% | 8,786 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:40.77 | 2:10.34 | top 71.2% | 12,974 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 3:47.15 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,214 / 8,026 | |
| 6×6 | 6:04.77 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,855 / 4,262 |
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, Clock. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Oct 2026First sub-20 3×3: 16.80 at Cubetcha MN 2026.
- 30 May 2026Five personal bests in one day at Fast in Fargo 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Minnesota Championship 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025First sub-30 3×3: 29.34 at Cubetcha MN 2025.
- 22 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025.
- 23 Mar 2025First competition: Minnesota Newcomer Sunday 2025. A 42.39 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubetcha MN 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Mini-Sota Summer 2026 · 17 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Fast in Fargo 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Race the Clock MN 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubetcha MN 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Minnesota Newcomer Sunday 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 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.
- Lisa Kucala — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Walker Welch — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Kaius Young — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Clock single — 754 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.