People · Canada
Houston Wolfram
2×2 · top 2.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023WOLF08
Houston Wolfram has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.63, set at New to Sherwood Park 2024, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 178th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since July 2023, he has put 79 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.04 in July 2023 to 13.41, a 33% improvement. Houston has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.63 | 3.64 | top 2.7% | 178 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 13.41 | 16.12 | top 18.9% | 1,784 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.01 | 8.90 | top 20.1% | 824 / 4,858 | |
| Skewb | 8.14 | 14.52 | top 42.4% | 1,093 / 2,907 |
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
- 30 Mar 2024First sub-20 3×3: 13.70 at New to Sherwood Park 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.70 at New to Sherwood Park 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at New to Sherwood Park 2024.
- 22 Jul 2023First competition: Sherwood Park Summer 2023. A 20.10 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mother Earth's Charter Spring 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- New to Sherwood Park 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Sherwood Park Summer 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Kye Riddell — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Izacc Samalio — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ethan Basanov — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.