People · United Kingdom
Noah Bly
Pyraminx · top 3.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025BLYN01
Noah Bly has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.82, set at Edinburgh Winter 2026, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 118th in the United Kingdom. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since January 2025, he has put 505 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.70 in January 2025 to 9.64, a 39% improvement. Noah has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.82 | 6.18 | top 3.1% | 118 / 3,656 | |
| 2×2 | 1.70 | 3.89 | top 3.1% | 231 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 9.64 | 13.03 | top 6.5% | 487 / 6,689 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.84 | 18.79 | top 9.9% | 202 / 1,851 | |
| Skewb | 4.02 | 5.87 | top 11.0% | 249 / 2,421 | |
| Clock | 9.44 | 11.42 | top 22.2% | 307 / 1,232 | |
| 4×4 | 50.28 | 57.02 | top 25.1% | 551 / 2,071 | |
| Megaminx | 1:35.20 | 1:43.07 | top 31.5% | 354 / 966 | |
| Square-1 | 23.84 | 35.51 | top 36.5% | 322 / 778 | |
| 5×5 | 1:46.19 | 1:55.92 | top 40.0% | 498 / 1,151 | |
| 6×6 | 4:40.55 | — | early days — 2 solves | 452 / 548 | |
| 7×7 | 7:54.54 | — | early days — 2 solves | 422 / 459 |
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
- 28 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.64 at Kewbz UK Championship 2026.
- 28 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Kewbz UK Championship 2026.
- 25 Jul 2026Six personal bests in one day at Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Liverpool Spring 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Eight personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Winter 2026.
- 22 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Rubik's UK Championship 2025.
Competitions
- Kewbz UK Championship 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Darlington Spring 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Liverpool Spring 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 8 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025 · 30 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Manchester February 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 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.
- Caty Langa — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 59 times
- Bella Campbell — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Adam Black — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.