People · United States
Isaiah Newman
2×2 · top 12.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2021 · 2021NEWM02
Isaiah Newman has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.82, set at Brooklyn Waldorf Winter 2025, puts him in the top 12.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,805th in the United States. Across 14 competitions since August 2021, he has put 283 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.20 in August 2021 to 15.66, a 44% improvement. Isaiah has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 2.82 | 4.52 | top 12.2% | 4,805 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 4.55 | 11.75 | top 14.8% | 2,321 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 15.66 | 18.93 | top 26.7% | 14,570 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 11.09 | 12.15 | top 30.6% | 2,388 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.09 | 10.57 | top 36.9% | 10,477 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 46.73 | 1:07.65 | top 73.5% | 10,641 / 15,683 |
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
- 30 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 31 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Summer 2024.
- 8 Apr 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.92 at Empire State Spring 2023.
- 1 Aug 2021First competition: Empire State Summer B 2021. A 28.20 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NYU Spring 2026 · 5 Apr 2026
- PBs in Palisades Spring 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Brooklyn Waldorf Winter 2025 · 7 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing-on-Hudson AM 2025 · 8 Jun 2025
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubes on the Bayside Summer 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- It's About Time Bloomsburg 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023
- Empire State Spring 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Niskayuna Nimble Fingers 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Canton Cube Day 2023 · 25 Feb 2023
- Empire State Winter B 2022 · 16 Jan 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Empire State Summer B 2021 · 1 Aug 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.
- Evan Liu — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ayden Dincher — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carter Williams — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.