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Noah Wakefield

3×3 · top 0.42% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023WAKE01

Noah Wakefield has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.89, set at Longmont Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.42% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 283rd in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since October 2023, he has put 781 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.23 in October 2023 to 5.89, a 48% improvement. Noah has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.42% of 284,439 all-time
5.89
signature single · Longmont Open 2026
781
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×35.897.18
top 0.42%283 / 59,724
2×21.062.41
top 0.68%285 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed11.2415.28
top 2.1%337 / 15,683
4×428.9435.68
top 2.2%368 / 19,072
Pyraminx2.774.88
top 2.9%776 / 28,708
5×51:01.391:11.17
top 6.3%509 / 9,401
Megaminx55.761:05.70
top 7.8%539 / 7,841
Clock6.327.53
top 8.4%653 / 8,927
Square-113.4720.08
top 12.9%889 / 6,743
Skewb4.526.09
top 14.6%2,279 / 18,907
6×62:25.862:35.62
top 23.5%835 / 4,196
7×73:54.474:25.80
top 28.6%802 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded2:00.13—
top 33.5%689 / 2,092
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves39.33
top 33.6%738 / 2,040
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 25:46—
early days — 2 solves319 / 731

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

The Art of the Cube Colorado 2023: 11.23Colorado Cold Hands Showdown 2023: 9.03Cherry on Top Colorado PM 2024: 7.78Colorado Mountain Tour - Evergreen 2024: 8.56Back to School Colorado 2024: 7.17Colorado Championship 2024: 8.34Unorthodox Blocks CO 2 2024: 8.32Denver Dash 2024: 7.21Centennial State Cube Off 2024: 7.18DeNxNver 2025: 6.96Happy Crew CO 2025: 7.62Longmont Open 2025: 7.37Colorado Springs Spring 2025: 7.23Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.39Oredigger Fall CO 2025: 7.063x3s in 303 Colorado 2025: 7.00DeNxNver 2026: 6.78Longmont Open 2026: 5.895.8911.2314 Oct 202313 Jun 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.