People · United States
Hunter Hellinger
2×2 · top 9.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2026 · 2026HELL03
Hunter Hellinger has been competing for 5 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.56, set at UIUC Spring 2026, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,749th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2026, he has put 94 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.04 in April 2026 to 13.30, a 12% improvement. Hunter has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.56 | 4.59 | top 9.5% | 3,749 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.49 | 6.78 | top 10.2% | 2,647 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 13.30 | 15.48 | top 18.5% | 9,919 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 51.22 | 58.01 | top 26.2% | 4,033 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 12.43 | 14.62 | top 37.1% | 2,944 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 1:46.04 | 1:51.67 | top 38.2% | 2,738 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.47 | 37.68 | top 52.2% | 7,208 / 15,683 | |
| 6×6 | 5:00.34 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,271 / 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
- 18 Apr 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.78 at COMO Cube-Off 2026.
- 4 Apr 2026First competition: UIUC Spring 2026. A 15.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cardinal Country KY Cubing 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- COMO Cube-Off 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UIUC Spring 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Tommy Stady — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Trenton Cuzick — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zachary Johnson — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.