People · United States
Kenneth Norton
Clock · top 4.0% of 32,048 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023NORT09
Kenneth Norton has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 4.83, set at Racing Kane 2025, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 328th in the United States. Until April 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since September 2023, he has put 283 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.21 in September 2023 to 9.35, a 49% improvement. Kenneth 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 4.83 | 5.32 | top 4.0% | 328 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 | 9.35 | 11.83 | top 5.7% | 3,180 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.17 | 3.25 | top 6.0% | 2,387 / 40,951 | |
| Megaminx | 53.66 | 1:02.98 | top 6.8% | 474 / 7,841 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.83 | 4.81 | top 6.9% | 1,750 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 3.94 | 6.19 | top 10.5% | 1,609 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.50 | 21.81 | top 13.8% | 1,793 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 14.20 | 17.89 | top 14.5% | 985 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 44.18 | 46.47 | top 17.3% | 2,626 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.55 | 1:23.58 | top 18.0% | 1,382 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 2:54.84 | 3:01.32 | early days — 3 solves | 1,395 / 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
- 1 Aug 2025Seven personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025.
- 10 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.35 at Land of Lincoln 2024.
- 10 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Land of Lincoln 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at UIUC Big Cubes Spring 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at DuPage Winter 2024.
- 9 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at UIUC Fall 2023.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Racing Kane 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Land of Lincoln 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- UIUC Big Cubes Spring 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- DuPage Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- UIUC Fall 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Peoria Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- DeKalb Cubing Fall 2023 · 22 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Fort Wayne Favorites 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 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.
- Ant Irizarry — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Charles Bois — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Leah Hamende — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.