People · Australia
Hugo Monk
3×3 · top 10.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023MONK02
Hugo Monk has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.01, set at Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2025, puts him in the top 10.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 934th in Australia. Across 9 competitions since August 2023, he has put 205 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.41 in August 2023 to 11.01, a 40% improvement. Hugo has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.01 | 13.55 | top 10.5% | 934 / 11,709 | |
| Skewb | 4.22 | 12.75 | top 12.4% | 324 / 3,534 | |
| 2×2 | 3.77 | 5.02 | top 23.6% | 1,811 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.76 | 10.38 | top 34.2% | 1,796 / 5,993 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.65 | 1:07.58 | top 41.4% | 1,097 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.74 | 47.78 | top 67.7% | 1,611 / 2,659 |
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
- 11 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Solving in Sale 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.38 at Spark Melbourne February 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Spark Melbourne February 2025.
- 26 Aug 2023First competition: Melbourne Cubing for Kids Saturday 2023. A 18.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2025 · 28 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Spark Melbourne July 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- VIC State Championship 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Solving in Sale 2025 · 11 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne February 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne Spring Sunday 2024 · 6 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2023 · 11 Nov 2023
- Melbourne Cubing for Kids Saturday 2023 · 26 Aug 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.
- Ben Wakelin — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Charlie Handley — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once
- Myles Jarman — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.