People · United States
Noah Pingel
2×2 · top 7.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024PING04
Noah Pingel has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.37, set at Concordia Turning Winter 2026, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,093rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since December 2024, he has put 540 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.75 in December 2024 to 10.97, a 38% improvement. Noah has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.37 | 3.52 | top 7.7% | 3,093 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 6.19 | 7.46 | top 7.8% | 626 / 9,172 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.26 | 6.96 | top 9.0% | 2,369 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 10.97 | 13.21 | top 10.4% | 5,706 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 4.04 | 5.80 | top 11.2% | 1,749 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.31 | 25.19 | top 27.0% | 3,517 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 20.84 | 26.93 | top 29.9% | 1,966 / 6,846 | |
| 4×4 | 54.82 | 58.16 | top 30.6% | 4,886 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:46.71 | 2:04.60 | top 40.5% | 3,313 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 1:52.98 | 2:13.46 | top 42.2% | 3,139 / 8,026 | |
| 6×6 | 4:10.38 | 4:47.75 | top 69.1% | 2,740 / 4,262 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 53 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,743 / 2,059 | |
| 7×7 | 8:52.85 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,063 / 3,236 |
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
- 10 Oct 2026Four personal bests in one day at Concordia Fall Foliage 2026.
- 22 May 2026Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026.
- 22 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.69 at Quad Cities Saturday 2025.
- 22 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Quad Cities Saturday 2025.
- 1 Nov 2025Six personal bests in one day at KCKC 8 Cubing for Cake 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Land of Lincoln 2025.
Competitions
- Concordia Fall Foliage 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube Girardeau 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Missouri Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026 · 22 May 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- COMO Cube-Off 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Concordia Turning Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Quad Cities Sunday 2025 · 23 Nov 2025
- Quad Cities Saturday 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- KCKC 8 Cubing for Cake 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Land of Lincoln 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- St. Louis Spring 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Concordia Turning Fall 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
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.
- Trenton Cuzick — met in 106 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Jeremiah Storm — met in 97 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Tommy Stady — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 69 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,366 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.