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Noah Cheong

3×3 · top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022CHEO01

Noah Cheong has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.53, set at WA Open 2023, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 60th in Singapore. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since March 2022, he has put 436 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.19 in March 2022 to 7.53, a 56% improvement. Noah has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time
7.53
signature single · WA Open 2023
436
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSingapore
3×37.538.75
top 2.0%60 / 1,546
2×22.333.76
top 7.3%112 / 1,053
Pyraminx6.9612.56
top 27.5%227 / 645
3×3 one-handed25.3329.83
top 35.1%226 / 460
4×41:11.451:22.02
top 48.3%289 / 462
Skewb10.5415.98
top 58.3%244 / 353

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

Perth Autumn 2022: 17.19Rockingham Rapid 2022: 14.08WA Open 2022: 14.56Perth Puzzle Marathon 2022: 12.71Australian Nationals 2022: 9.10Hurry Up Karrinyup 2023: 8.01Freo Cube-Off 2023: 8.36Perth Autumn 2023: 8.12Perth Time Trial 2023: 8.39WA Open 2023: 7.53Speedy South Perth 2023: 7.86Murdoch University Open 2024: 9.11Perth Winter 2024: 7.61Freo Cube-Off 2025: 7.72Perth Summer 2026: 7.89Freo Cube-Off 2026: 8.64Winding Down in Willetton 2026: 8.487.5317.1919 Mar 202215 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.