People · United States
Noah Pingel
2×2 · top 7.7% of 186,767 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 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,031st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since December 2024, he has put 410 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 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 ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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% | 3,031 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 6.19 | 7.46 | top 7.9% | 619 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 | 10.97 | 13.21 | top 10.4% | 5,614 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.97 | 7.48 | top 13.0% | 3,375 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 4.55 | 7.15 | top 14.8% | 2,321 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.48 | 25.37 | top 30.1% | 3,888 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 54.82 | 58.16 | top 30.5% | 4,811 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 22.88 | 32.96 | top 34.4% | 2,235 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 1:46.71 | 2:04.60 | top 40.4% | 3,259 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:25.30 | — | top 59.0% | 4,428 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 4:21.96 | 4:47.75 | early days — 3 solves | 2,861 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 53 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,726 / 2,040 |
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
- 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.
- 17 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at St. Louis Spring 2025.
Competitions
- 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 79 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Tommy Stady — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 57 times
- Jeremiah Storm — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.