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Noah Smith

3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022SMIT22

Noah Smith has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.79, set at Puzzling Parramatta 2026, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 124th in Australia. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since June 2022, he has put 1,248 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.92 in June 2022 to 6.79, a 47% improvement. Noah has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time
6.79
signature single · Puzzling Parramatta 2026
1,248
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×36.798.19
top 1.1%124 / 11,709
3×3 one-handed11.9614.23
top 2.9%73 / 2,659
Skewb2.644.03
top 3.4%115 / 3,534
4×431.3934.78
top 3.7%98 / 3,051
2×22.083.13
top 5.3%390 / 8,567
Pyraminx3.505.04
top 5.5%245 / 5,993
Megaminx52.8956.58
top 6.4%84 / 1,277
3×3 blindfolded45.4952.33
top 8.4%41 / 394
Clock7.048.18
top 11.1%130 / 1,095
5×51:14.571:20.15
top 15.0%201 / 1,356
7×73:29.773:56.08
top 19.7%89 / 523
6×62:21.792:29.21
top 21.4%130 / 641
3×3 Multi-Blind12 of 16 cubes · 54:30—
early days — 3 solves50 / 180
Square-119.0522.38
top 25.8%246 / 899
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves38.33
top 30.0%146 / 468
4×4 blindfolded7:37.71—
early days — 1 solve41 / 96

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

NSW Open 2022: 12.92Sydney Winter Saturday 2022: 10.76Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 10.40Cubing at The Cube Saturday 2023: 9.32North Sydney Cube Day 2023: 9.78Marrickville Many May Open 2023: 7.71Maitland Winter 2023: 8.18Warm Up Sydney Saturday 2023: 8.95Cubing at Tramsheds Saturday 2023: 7.98Simple Sydney Saturday 2023: 7.75Sydney Summer 2023: 8.25Going Back to the Gong 2024: 7.71Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024: 8.19Goulburn Open 2024: 7.49Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024: 8.07Kiama Winter 2024: 7.69Puzzling Parramatta 2024: 8.54Tramsheds III: August Saturday 2024: 7.75Cubing in Wollondilly 2024: 7.44Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 6.93Cubing at The Cube 2025: 7.30NSW State Championship 2025: 7.74Tramsheds V: Autumn Saturday 2025: 6.84Tramsheds VI: Winter Saturday 2025: 7.66Cubing at The Cube 2026: 6.96Puzzling Parramatta 2026: 6.796.7912.9211 Jun 202223 May 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Bryan Eng — met in 222 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Elias Chong — met in 196 rounds, finished ahead 94 times
  • Daniel Wang — met in 158 rounds, finished ahead 45 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.