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Heather Hess
3×3 · top 17.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2026 · 2026HESS04
Heather Hess has been competing for 6 months. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.93, set at Back To School Buffalo 2026, puts her in the top 17.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,364th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since May 2026, she has put 186 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 20.37 in May 2026 to 12.93, a 37% improvement. Heather 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.93 | 15.00 | top 17.3% | 9,364 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.80 | 9.82 | top 18.6% | 5,014 / 29,168 | |
| Megaminx | 1:34.04 | 1:51.29 | top 30.8% | 2,213 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 55.60 | 1:07.23 | top 31.6% | 5,047 / 19,354 | |
| 2×2 | 4.50 | 5.69 | top 33.0% | 13,329 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 7.59 | 10.39 | top 38.3% | 6,644 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 1:46.84 | 2:11.55 | top 40.5% | 3,323 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.62 | 40.50 | top 56.7% | 7,991 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 1:02.31 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,785 / 6,846 | |
| Clock | 32.51 | — | early days — 1 solve | 7,982 / 9,172 |
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
- 12 Sep 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.31 at Brighton Brawl NY 2026.
- 8 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Kids America Coshocton Cube Clash 2026.
- 23 May 2026First sub-20 3×3: 19.67 at Cubing in the Woods OH 2026.
- 2 May 2026First competition: Cube Against Cancer Dunkirk 2026. A 20.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bowling Green Fall 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Back To School Buffalo 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Brighton Brawl NY 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Tartan Twist PA 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Kids America Coshocton Cube Clash 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Woods OH 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Dunkirk 2026 · 2 May 2026
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.
- Braden Richards — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dominic Burger — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zach Baruch — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as she improves.