People · New Zealand
Noah Vaa
2×2 · top 7.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024VAAN01
Noah Vaa has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.34, set at GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 7.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 163rd in New Zealand. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since September 2024, he has put 262 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 11.62 in September 2024 to 2.34, an 80% 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 | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 3.88 | top 7.4% | 163 / 1,615 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.69 | 10.40 | top 17.7% | 255 / 1,141 | |
| 3×3 | 15.44 | 20.13 | top 25.9% | 526 / 2,095 | |
| Clock | 11.49 | 14.55 | top 32.5% | 121 / 303 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.84 | 38.30 | top 48.5% | 270 / 600 | |
| Skewb | 12.76 | 25.68 | top 69.7% | 482 / 666 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026.
- 27 Feb 2026Five personal bests in one day at NZ North Island Championship 2026.
- 16 Jan 2026First sub-20 3×3: 15.44 at A New Year in Auckland 2026.
- 28 Sep 2024First competition: New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024. A 29.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026 · 10 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Auckland Winter Open 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2026 · 27 Feb 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- A New Year in Auckland 2026 · 16 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- New Zealand Nationals 2025 · 12 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Drury Summer 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Twisting in Titirangi 2025 · 16 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Sqauckland 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Max Speed Milford 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024 · 28 Sep 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.
- Brandon Harris — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Yuki Gao — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jesse Brooke — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.