People · United States
Noah Watai
3×3 · top 9.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021WATA01
Noah Watai has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.70, set at Slow N Steady Spring 2023, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,203rd in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2021, he has put 100 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.27 in November 2021 to 10.70, a 19% improvement. Noah has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.70 | 12.19 | top 9.6% | 5,203 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.53 | 23.82 | top 13.9% | 1,804 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 4.33 | 5.87 | top 30.7% | 12,233 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:56.79 | 2:09.89 | top 47.3% | 3,937 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.04 | 15.42 | top 60.8% | 17,874 / 28,708 |
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
- 20 Nov 2021First competition: Slow N Steady Fall 2021. A 13.27 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Slow N Steady Spring 2024 · 13 Apr 2024
- Slow N Steady Fall 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- Slow N Steady Spring 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2022 · 29 Oct 2022
- Slow N Steady Spring 2022 · 2 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2021 · 20 Nov 2021
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.
- Daniel Greigg — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Stone Payne — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Raihan Sadr — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.