People · United States
Hudson James Goley
3×3 · top 5.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023GOLE06
Hudson James Goley has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.20, set at Aliso Niguel Summer 2024, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,986th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since December 2023, he has put 435 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.43 in December 2023 to 9.20, a 66% improvement. Hudson has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 9.20 | 11.50 | top 5.3% | 2,986 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.81 | 7.05 | top 6.8% | 1,725 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.80 | 4.27 | top 12.0% | 4,737 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 45.88 | 53.32 | top 19.4% | 2,948 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.51 | 1:36.52 | top 22.1% | 1,526 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.62 | 23.23 | top 22.2% | 2,853 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:42.03 | 1:56.33 | top 36.9% | 2,938 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 12.41 | 15.15 | top 37.0% | 2,929 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 7.89 | 10.62 | top 40.5% | 6,992 / 18,907 | |
| 6×6 | 3:50.55 | 4:05.49 | top 62.4% | 2,411 / 4,196 |
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
- 31 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.77 at La La Land 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024Five personal bests in one day at La La Land 2024.
- 2 Aug 2024Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Western Championship 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.00 at Los Angeles Newcomers 2024.
- 24 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Fullerton Winter 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.58 at Poway Cubing Winter 2024.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2025 · 30 Mar 2025
- Nub Open Lake Forest 2024 · 15 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Aliso Niguel Summer 2024 · 8 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- La La Land 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Nub Open Mission Viejo Summer 2024 · 14 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Temecula Valley Spring 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Los Angeles Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- San Diego Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Orange County Newcomers 2024 · 3 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Fullerton Winter 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Triton Tricubealon 2024 · 11 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Poway Cubing Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Winter 2024 · 7 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- UCSD Winter 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
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.
- Dominic Shoji — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Alex Lehman — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Shane Grogan — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.