People · New Zealand
Hamish Bell
3×3 · top 10.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2020 · 2020BELL04
Hamish Bell has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.99, set at Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026, puts him in the top 10.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 224th in New Zealand. Across 4 competitions since December 2020, he has put 190 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.11 in December 2020 to 10.99, a 36% improvement. Hamish has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.99 | 12.77 | top 10.4% | 224 / 2,095 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.79 | 9.76 | top 18.4% | 263 / 1,141 | |
| 4×4 | 45.34 | 49.41 | top 18.7% | 134 / 722 | |
| 2×2 | 3.53 | 5.21 | top 20.6% | 374 / 1,615 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.74 | 1:44.68 | top 32.8% | 115 / 355 | |
| Skewb | 8.23 | 13.32 | top 43.1% | 318 / 666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.54 | 44.87 | top 52.4% | 281 / 600 | |
| Square-1 | 36.67 | 53.45 | top 60.9% | 162 / 251 | |
| Clock | 21.91 | 24.12 | top 69.9% | 238 / 303 |
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
- 18 Apr 2026Six personal bests in one day at Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026.
- 9 Dec 2022Four personal bests in one day at New Zealand Nationals 2022.
- 13 Aug 2021First sub-15 3×3: 12.99 at NZ North Island Championship 2021.
- 13 Aug 2021Six personal bests in one day at NZ North Island Championship 2021.
- 11 Dec 2020First competition: New Zealand Nationals 2020. A 17.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2022 · 9 Dec 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2021 · 13 Aug 2021 — 6 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2020 · 11 Dec 2020
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.
- Brandon Harris — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead once
- Richard Yiheng Tao — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kaiden Ziegler — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.