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Noah Hughes
3×3 · top 16.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2011 · 2011HUGH02
Noah Hughes has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.72, set at Ho'oholo in Honolulu 2023, puts him in the top 16.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,822nd in the United States. Across 6 competitions since December 2011, he has put 79 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 50.40 in December 2011 to 12.72, a 75% improvement. Noah has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 12.72 | 14.10 | top 16.5% | 8,822 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 5.54 | 6.91 | top 45.8% | 18,500 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.01 | 17.54 | top 60.6% | 17,824 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:37.54 | — | early days — 3 solves | 12,312 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:44.08 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,383 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:01.33 | 1:07.83 | top 84.6% | 12,705 / 15,683 | |
| 6×6 | 7:51.89 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,086 / 4,196 |
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 Oct 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.58 at Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2015.
- 3 Oct 2015Five personal bests in one day at Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2015.
- 1 Dec 2012First sub-30 3×3: 18.38 at Levittown Open 2012.
- 1 Dec 2012First sub-20 3×3: 18.38 at Levittown Open 2012.
- 17 Dec 2011First competition: MIT Fall 2011. A 50.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ho'oholo in Honolulu 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2015 · 3 Oct 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Norwich Summer 2015 · 12 Sep 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- CCFC BLD Day 2014 · 28 Jun 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Levittown Open 2012 · 1 Dec 2012 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Fall 2011 · 17 Dec 2011
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.
- Corey Sakowski — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rowe Hessler — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tim Reynolds — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.