People · United States
Hudson Maldonado
3×3 · top 7.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023MALD01
Hudson Maldonado has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.08, set at Virginia Championship 2026, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,321st in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2023, he has put 257 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.34 in April 2023 to 10.08, a 68% improvement. Hudson has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 10.08 | 11.59 | top 7.7% | 4,321 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.68 | 3.79 | top 10.8% | 4,298 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.24 | 9.37 | top 14.7% | 3,924 / 29,168 | |
| Square-1 | 20.02 | 27.28 | top 28.1% | 1,868 / 6,846 | |
| Skewb | 6.72 | 9.41 | top 31.5% | 5,292 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.68 | 31.49 | top 41.2% | 5,594 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 2:15.10 | — | early days — 3 solves | 4,143 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 1:26.43 | — | top 61.0% | 10,776 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 27.73 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,402 / 9,172 | |
| 6×6 | 8:34.74 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,215 / 4,262 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2026.
- 2 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026.
- 8 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.31 at New-Cumberland County 2025.
- 8 Mar 2025Six personal bests in one day at New-Cumberland County 2025.
- 21 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Pennsylvania Championship 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024First sub-20 3×3: 16.01 at New-Cumberland County 2024.
Competitions
- Virginia Championship 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- New-Cumberland County 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pennsylvania Championship 2024 · 21 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing at Carson 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- New-Cumberland County 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Virginia Still-Open Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Country Roads Huntington 2023 · 22 Apr 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.
- Zayn Khanani — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
- Leland Pak — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Brayden Adams — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.