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Howie Craig

3×3 · top 7.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2013 · 2013CRAI01

Howie Craig has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.15, set at Ohio State Spring Gray 2023, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,437th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since October 2013, he has put 482 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.36 in October 2013 to 10.15, an 18% improvement. Howie has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.9% of 288,433 all-time
10.15
signature single · Ohio State Spring Gray 2023
482
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.1512.19
top 7.9%4,437 / 60,666
2×22.583.30
top 9.8%3,901 / 41,674
4×439.6046.51
top 11.7%1,762 / 19,354
Pyraminx5.009.54
top 13.2%3,500 / 29,168
3×3 blindfolded1:13.081:34.92
top 17.2%335 / 2,128
3×3 one-handed20.1524.04
top 20.9%2,706 / 15,900
5×51:24.711:37.21
top 23.2%1,822 / 9,537
4×4 blindfolded5:50.917:17.13
top 27.7%117 / 442
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 7 cubes · 39:01—
early days — 2 solves282 / 740
5×5 blindfolded16:12.0017:39.00
top 45.9%101 / 220
6×63:15.533:26.06
top 48.4%1,830 / 4,262
7×74:58.585:11.39
top 50.2%1,492 / 3,236

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

Harvard Fall 2013: 12.36Lexington Fall 2013: 13.34CCFC Winter 2014: 12.94Lexington Spring 2014: 11.95US Nationals 2014: 12.58Harvard Fall 2014: 13.12Norwich Summer 2015: 12.64Ohio State Fall Gray 2022: 12.23Bulldog Winter 2023: 11.33Washtenaw Spring A 2023: 12.20Ohio State Spring Gray 2023: 10.15Washtenaw Qualifier 2023: 11.36Ohio State Summer Solving 2023: 10.73Flag City Summer 2023: 11.08CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 11.4510.1513.345 Oct 201327 Jul 2023

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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.