People · United States
Isaac G. Heathcote
3×3 · top 3.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025HEAT01
Isaac G. Heathcote has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.34, set at Virginia Championship 2026, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,971st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since September 2025, he has put 247 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.06 in September 2025 to 8.34, a 36% improvement. Isaac has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 8.34 | 10.42 | top 3.4% | 1,971 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 4.47 | top 7.4% | 2,983 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.68 | 21.04 | top 9.6% | 1,283 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 39.17 | 43.64 | top 11.2% | 1,679 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.95 | 7.84 | top 12.9% | 3,405 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 7.58 | 9.64 | top 13.2% | 1,038 / 9,172 | |
| Skewb | 4.40 | 5.78 | top 13.8% | 2,169 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.99 | 1:21.88 | top 14.6% | 1,141 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 1:11.24 | 1:19.69 | top 16.5% | 1,142 / 8,026 | |
| 6×6 | 2:40.94 | 2:56.60 | top 31.3% | 1,127 / 4,262 | |
| Square-1 | 23.51 | 27.93 | top 35.9% | 2,364 / 6,846 | |
| 7×7 | 5:44.43 | 5:49.55 | top 63.9% | 1,962 / 3,236 |
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 2026Twelve personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2026.
- 8 Mar 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.56 at NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026.
- 8 Mar 2026Six personal bests in one day at NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026.
- 7 Sep 2025First competition: Concord Summer 2025. A 13.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Virginia Championship 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 12 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Apex Algs Again 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- NxN Nonsense NC 2026 · 22 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Concord Summer 2025 · 7 Sep 2025 — 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.
- Rue Clippinger — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Kavin Rajendran — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Raghav Reddy — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.