People · United States
Noah Foley
3×3 · top 4.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023FOLE02
Noah Foley has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.59, set at Oldham County Summer 2026, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,265th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since April 2023, he has put 358 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.42 in April 2023 to 8.59, a 44% improvement. Noah has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.59 | 9.61 | top 4.0% | 2,265 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.90 | 4.58 | top 13.2% | 5,266 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.28 | 12.57 | top 15.0% | 3,984 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 5.01 | 6.24 | top 18.3% | 2,929 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.26 | 30.65 | top 29.5% | 3,868 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 55.32 | 1:05.26 | top 31.2% | 4,987 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 13.47 | 17.43 | top 41.7% | 3,413 / 9,172 | |
| Square-1 | 1:13.33 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,198 / 6,846 |
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
- 3 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.90 at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025.
- 8 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Trains on Main La Grange 2024.
- 20 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.91 at Kentucky Horse Park 2023.
- 2 Apr 2023First competition: Bluegrass Bash 2023. A 15.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Flex in Lex 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Oldham County Summer 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Lexington Winter 2025 · 27 Dec 2025
- Oldham County Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Northern Kentucky 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Northern Kentucky 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Trains on Main La Grange 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Moonbow Mega Kentucky 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Central KY Nats Warm-Up 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Big E Slice 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Kentucky Horse Park 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bluegrass Bash 2023 · 2 Apr 2023
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.
- Garrett Hadaway — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ethan Kopechek — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Luke Garrett — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.