People · United States
Isaac Hynes
3×3 · top 0.38% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022HYNE01
Isaac Hynes has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.82, set at TJHSST Winter 2026, puts him in the top 0.38% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 260th in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since July 2022, he has put 1,119 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.28 in July 2022 to 5.82, a 68% improvement. Isaac has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% 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 | 5.82 | 9.60 | top 0.38% | 260 / 59,724 | |
| Megaminx | 51.87 | 55.68 | top 5.9% | 424 / 7,841 | |
| 2×2 | 2.52 | 3.43 | top 9.1% | 3,585 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.85 | 6.84 | top 12.3% | 3,194 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 41.91 | 46.38 | top 14.4% | 2,150 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 8.28 | 9.83 | top 16.5% | 1,258 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.66 | 23.75 | top 16.9% | 2,183 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 4.88 | 7.71 | top 17.2% | 2,729 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 44.14 | 1:00.35 | top 70.1% | 4,610 / 6,743 |
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
- 25 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Northern Tier Twist 2026.
- 15 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at TJHSST Winter 2026.
- 21 Jun 2024Five personal bests in one day at Pennsylvania Championship 2024.
- 27 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at River Hill Spring 2024.
- 10 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2023.
- 27 Jul 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.66 at CubingUSA Nationals 2023.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026
- Qualifying Cougars WV 2026 · 16 May 2026
- Northern Tier Twist 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- TJHSST Winter 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Gobbler Cube Day Winter at VT 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UMBC Winter 2026 · 14 Feb 2026
- UMBC Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Christmas City Cubing PA 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- Cumberland County Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pennsylvania Championship 2024 · 21 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- River Hill Spring 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- New-Cumberland County 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- NoVa Cube Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
- MoCo Cubing Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Railroad City 2023 · 23 Sep 2023
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Warwick Cube Day 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Clash at Carlisle Spring 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- TJHSST Spring 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Potomac Spring 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Pittsburgh Fall 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Fall 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Silver Spring Summer 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Owings Mills Summer 2022 · 16 Jul 2022
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 157 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Hassan Khanani — met in 150 rounds, finished ahead once
- Leland Pak — met in 132 rounds, finished ahead 68 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,776 people have one; it is 1.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.