People · United States
Hal Hughes
3×3 · top 43.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024HUGH07
Hal Hughes has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 21.18, set at Cube Against Cancer Tulsa 2026, puts him in the top 43.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24,759th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since August 2024, he has put 84 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.83 in August 2024 to 21.18, a 47% improvement. Hal has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 21.18 | 25.28 | top 43.2% | 24,759 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 18.43 | 27.13 | top 60.0% | 5,046 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 7.05 | 12.19 | top 60.9% | 24,976 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.08 | 21.47 | top 67.7% | 20,024 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:37.82 | — | top 69.2% | 12,356 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 12.97 | 21.35 | top 70.5% | 13,268 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 51.86 | — | early days — 3 solves | 5,157 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 3:27.69 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,598 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 13 Dec 2025First sub-30 3×3: 28.44 at Tulsa Holiday Cube-Off 2025.
- 13 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Tulsa Holiday Cube-Off 2025.
- 2 Aug 2024First competition: CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024. A 39.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer Tulsa 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Tulsa Holiday Cube-Off 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- OKC Unorthodox Blocks 2025 · 10 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Wichita Art Museum 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 2024
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.
- Jake Maddox — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nash Wiser — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ivan Ruiz — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
- A sub-15 Clock single — 15,373 people have one; it is 3.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.