People · United States
Noah McCowen
Skewb · top 25.6% of 73,281 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025MCCO04
Noah McCowen has been competing for a year. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 5.99, set at Wisconsin on Ice 2026, puts him in the top 25.6% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,175th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since July 2025, he has put 70 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.79 in July 2025 to 15.44, an 18% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 5.99 | 10.28 | top 25.6% | 4,175 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 15.44 | 18.50 | top 25.9% | 14,108 / 59,724 | |
| 5×5 | 2:11.69 | — | top 56.4% | 4,785 / 9,401 |
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
- 19 Jul 2025First competition: WisconsiNxN 2025. A 20.05 3×3 single to start from.
- 19 Jul 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.79 at WisconsiNxN 2025.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026 · 5 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Racine Rendezvous 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Pyraminx with Madison Ideas 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Wisconsin on Ice 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Wisconsin Championship 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- WisconsiNxN 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Brian Johnson — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carter Kucala — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Simon Kellum — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.