People · United States
Hudson Rockwell Bertola
3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021BERT02
Hudson Rockwell Bertola has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.87, set at Utah Valley Open 2023, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,484th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since November 2021, he has put 504 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.91 in November 2021 to 7.87, a 51% 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 | 7.87 | 9.59 | top 2.6% | 1,484 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.09 | 3.44 | top 5.4% | 2,134 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.59 | 6.71 | top 10.8% | 2,809 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 4.18 | 6.50 | top 12.2% | 1,891 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 42.09 | 47.99 | top 14.6% | 2,188 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 18.55 | 29.46 | top 24.7% | 1,631 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.79 | 31.35 | top 41.4% | 5,542 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 13.59 | 15.26 | top 42.1% | 3,375 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 1:56.10 | 2:02.61 | top 46.8% | 3,886 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:20.93 | — | top 56.8% | 4,274 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 44 moves | — | top 62.5% | 1,310 / 2,040 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:44.55 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,342 / 2,092 | |
| 6×6 | 6:18.82 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,845 / 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
- 1 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Utah Summer Side Events B 2023.
- 19 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023.
- 10 Dec 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.97 at Utah Snowball Bash 2022.
- 10 Dec 2022Six personal bests in one day at Utah Snowball Bash 2022.
- 22 Oct 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Utah Championship 2022.
- 23 Jul 2022Four personal bests in one day at Southern Utah Summer 2022.
Competitions
- Utah Ice Cubing 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Snowball Bash 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Championship 2023 · 11 Nov 2023
- Utah Valley Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Back to School Utah 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Summer Side Events B 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023 · 19 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Utah Puzzling For Awareness XL 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Megacomp 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Ice Cubing 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Snowball Bash 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Utah Championship 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- PBQtah 4 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Southern Utah Summer 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2022 · 20 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Ice Cubing 2022 · 29 Jan 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2021 · 26 Nov 2021
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.
- Eric Pesci — met in 115 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Isaac Myers — met in 108 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Cade Beck — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.87 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.