People · United States
Noah Hould
3×3 · top 5.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025HOUL01
Noah Hould has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.42, set at Hampton Beach Summer 2026, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,335th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since January 2025, he has put 136 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.68 in January 2025 to 9.42, a 69% improvement. Noah has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 9.42 | 11.25 | top 5.9% | 3,335 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.05 | 4.51 | top 14.9% | 5,917 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.29 | 10.18 | top 22.2% | 6,061 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.51 | 30.73 | top 35.7% | 4,774 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 1:49.78 | 1:54.68 | top 40.4% | 2,987 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.23 | 1:09.76 | top 45.2% | 7,612 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 2:31.84 | 2:42.26 | top 66.7% | 5,908 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 29.40 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,628 / 9,172 |
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
- 1 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.42 at Hampton Beach Summer 2026.
- 1 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Hampton Beach Summer 2026.
- 8 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at The Battle of Concord MA 2026.
- 16 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.34 at Loon Cubikon NH 2025.
- 16 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Loon Cubikon NH 2025.
- 7 Jun 2025First sub-20 3×3: 16.29 at Saint John's Warm Up 2025.
Competitions
- Hampton Beach Summer 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- WPI Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- The Battle of Concord MA 2026 · 8 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Loon Cubikon NH 2025 · 16 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Saint John's Warm Up 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at Hampton Beach 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- The Battle of Lexington 2025 · 11 Jan 2025
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.
- Derek White — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jonah Mathew — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Joshua Burdick — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.