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Noah Festenstein

3×3 · top 37.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017FEST01

Noah Festenstein has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.17, set at Three Seconds Snakes 2018, puts him in the top 37.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21,195th in the United States. Across 11 competitions since April 2017, he has put 108 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.14 in April 2017 to 19.17, a 38% improvement. Noah has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 37.6% of 284,439 all-time
19.17
signature single · Three Seconds Snakes 2018
108
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×319.1723.96
top 37.6%21,195 / 59,724
2×25.117.86
top 40.7%16,344 / 40,951
4×41:48.90
top 76.1%13,935 / 19,072

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

Cat and Mouse 2017: 31.14Bulldog Cubing 2017: 26.35Elk Cubing 2018: 24.83Three Seconds Snakes 2018: 19.17Coach Pigeon 2018: 25.21CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 23.66Chicago Area Twist Spring 2019: 25.76Naperville Winter A 2022: 20.40Warm Up in Mount Prospect 2023: 22.27CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 22.37Longmont Open 2025: 21.6719.1731.1429 Apr 201719 Apr 2025

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.17 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.