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Hazel Hughes

3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015HUGH04

Hazel Hughes has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.21, set at North Highlands Summer 2023, puts her in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 309th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since August 2015, she has put 934 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 28.15 in August 2015 to 8.21, a 71% improvement. Hazel has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.21
signature single · North Highlands Summer 2023
934
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×38.2110.79
top 3.2%309 / 11,709
2×21.833.29
top 3.7%289 / 8,567
3×3 one-handed14.1618.24
top 6.4%152 / 2,659
4×437.3043.21
top 9.0%234 / 3,051
5×51:09.481:17.53
top 11.3%151 / 1,356
6×62:03.682:12.25
top 12.5%73 / 641
Megaminx1:06.921:17.98
top 13.9%168 / 1,277
7×73:26.913:35.17
top 18.7%86 / 523
Skewb6.189.41
top 27.2%729 / 3,534
Square-121.0224.92
top 30.3%293 / 899
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves41.67
top 37.3%173 / 468
Pyraminx8.7311.08
top 42.5%2,318 / 5,993
3×3 blindfolded5:47.94—
early days — 1 solve347 / 394

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

Sydney Winter 2015: 28.15Sydney Autumn 2016: 14.60Australian Nationals 2016: 12.63Sydney Championship 2016: 11.62Arnold Open 2017: 11.17Glasgow Open 2022: 10.67Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 10.82Edinburgh Spring 2023: 10.43Glasgow Spring 2023: 10.52North Highlands Summer 2023: 8.21August Bank Holiday Manchester 2023: 9.68Glasgow Autumn 2023: 10.14Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 9.72Aberdeen Autumn 2023: 9.86Edinburgh Winter 2024: 8.26Glasgow Spring 2024: 9.13Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 11.21Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 9.598.2128.158 Aug 201522 Aug 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.83 away.

Targets move as she improves.