People · United States
Holden Lester
3×3 · top 6.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019LEST02
Holden Lester has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.55, set at ROC the Cube 2024, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,510th in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since June 2019, he has put 119 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 78% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.64 in June 2019 to 9.55, a 46% improvement. Holden 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 | 9.55 | 10.81 | top 6.3% | 3,510 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.04 | 4.86 | top 14.8% | 5,862 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.15 | 40.52 | top 37.3% | 5,032 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 26.69 | 36.77 | top 42.9% | 2,822 / 6,846 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.40 | 1:14.84 | top 46.4% | 7,824 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.97 | 13.07 | top 52.8% | 15,644 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 13.26 | 15.96 | top 71.8% | 13,740 / 19,164 |
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
- 4 Jun 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.91 at ROC the Cube 2022.
- 4 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at ROC the Cube 2022.
- 12 Oct 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.34 at Ken-Ton Cubing 2019.
- 8 Jun 2019First competition: Colonie Spring 2019. A 17.64 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- ROC the Cube 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- ROC the Cube 2022 · 4 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Canandaigua Winter 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Ken-Ton Cubing 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Colonie Spring 2019 · 8 Jun 2019
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.
- Evan Liu — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ryan Wu — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Addy Coolidge — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.55 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.