People · Australia
Noah Block
3×3 · top 5.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019BLOC01
Noah Block has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.04, set at Wagga Autumn 2026, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 464th in Australia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2019, he has put 188 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.63 in April 2019 to 9.04, a 51% improvement. Noah 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.04 | 11.43 | top 5.0% | 464 / 11,943 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.75 | 6.52 | top 6.5% | 285 / 6,109 | |
| 2×2 | 2.41 | 3.46 | top 8.1% | 617 / 8,727 | |
| 4×4 | 38.14 | 43.60 | top 10.0% | 263 / 3,108 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.24 | 1:27.27 | top 21.9% | 297 / 1,412 | |
| Megaminx | 1:49.04 | 2:01.61 | top 39.9% | 504 / 1,313 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.55 | 31.36 | top 43.4% | 1,021 / 2,685 | |
| Skewb | 9.27 | 10.93 | top 50.4% | 1,643 / 3,589 | |
| 7×7 | 5:45.22 | — | early days — 2 solves | 311 / 540 | |
| 6×6 | 4:45.49 | — | early days — 2 solves | 519 / 667 |
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
- 19 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Canberra Spring Open 2026.
- 9 May 2026Five personal bests in one day at Wagga Autumn 2026.
- 6 Dec 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.68 at Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025.
- 6 Dec 2025Five personal bests in one day at Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025.
- 20 Apr 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.31 at Goulburn Open 2024.
- 13 Apr 2019First competition: Koalafication Canberra 2019. A 18.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Canberra Spring Open 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Wagga Autumn 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Canberra Spring 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Goulburn Open 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Koalafication Canberra 2019 · 13 Apr 2019
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.
- Vincent Hua — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Pavan Kumar Krishnan Swaminathan — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ethan Gauci — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.