People · United States
George Stephen Howard
Clock · top 3.0% of 32,048 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 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 256th in the United States. Until June 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2025, he has put 154 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His Clock best has come down from 11.43 in August 2025 to 4.35, a 62% improvement. George 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 4.35 | 5.87 | top 3.0% | 256 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 4.49 | 10.38 | top 14.4% | 2,244 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 3.09 | 5.80 | top 15.3% | 5,988 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.38 | 13.57 | top 31.0% | 8,651 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 21.33 | 28.71 | top 43.6% | 25,050 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 1:40.77 | — | top 71.1% | 12,781 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 3:47.15 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,046 / 7,841 |
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
- 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
- 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 36 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Walker Welch — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kaius Young — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.