People · United States
Mason Hilligus
2×2 · top 7.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024HILL12
Mason Hilligus has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.30, set at Cubing in the Ocean County 2025, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,793rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2024, he has put 63 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.85 in May 2024 to 11.44, a 42% improvement. Mason has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 2.30 | 4.17 | top 7.0% | 2,793 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.44 | 16.08 | top 11.9% | 6,430 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 20.08 | — | early days — 3 solves | 5,535 / 8,927 |
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 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 11.44 at Rutgers Winter 2025.
- 25 May 2024First competition: New Jersey Championship 2024. A 19.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing in the Ocean County 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- American Dream NJ 2025 · 4 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open A 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rutgers Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in the Ocean County 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- New Jersey Championship 2024 · 25 May 2024
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 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ishan Donavalli — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Anurag Anapindi — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.