People · United States
Noel Long
3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022LONG32
Noel Long has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.71, set at Door County Cube Challenge 2023, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,342nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since December 2022, he has put 159 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.39 in December 2022 to 8.71, a 24% improvement. Noel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 8.71 | 10.43 | top 4.2% | 2,342 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 39.65 | 44.38 | top 11.7% | 1,733 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 2.80 | 4.31 | top 12.0% | 4,737 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.35 | 8.99 | top 22.6% | 6,099 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.89 | 29.29 | top 22.9% | 2,946 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 5.86 | 7.90 | top 24.7% | 3,997 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.71 | 1:48.80 | top 35.1% | 2,793 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 29.03 | 32.97 | top 83.2% | 7,386 / 8,927 |
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 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Door County Cube Challenge 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.44 at Swallow Spring 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023Five personal bests in one day at Swallow Spring 2023.
- 5 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Dubuque Winter 2023.
- 3 Dec 2022First competition: 2x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022. A 11.39 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
- Door County Cube Challenge 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Swallow Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Dubuque Winter 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- 2x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022 · 3 Dec 2022
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.
- Simon Kellum — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
- Brian Johnson — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carter Kucala — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.