People · United States
Patrick Ho
Megaminx · top 2.3% of 34,786 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024HOPA01
Patrick Ho has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 42.63, set at Elmira Winter 2026, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 170th in the United States. Until April 2011, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since July 2024, he has put 409 official solves on the record across eleven 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 12.89 in July 2024 to 9.20, a 29% improvement. Patrick has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 42.63 | 46.80 | top 2.3% | 170 / 7,841 | |
| 2×2 | 1.96 | 2.56 | top 4.5% | 1,791 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 9.20 | 11.40 | top 5.3% | 2,986 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 3.88 | 5.88 | top 10.1% | 1,547 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 13.11 | 18.08 | top 12.1% | 843 / 6,743 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.99 | 6.79 | top 13.1% | 3,413 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 7.67 | 8.73 | top 13.6% | 1,044 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 42.06 | 46.07 | top 14.6% | 2,180 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.81 | 22.79 | top 17.3% | 2,234 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.83 | 1:35.35 | top 18.9% | 1,481 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 7:35.75 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,055 / 4,196 |
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
- 7 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at Elmira Winter 2026.
- 20 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at Turning in Corning 2025.
- 12 Oct 2025Nine personal bests in one day at New York Championship 2025.
- 20 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at UCLA Summer 2025.
- 22 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.20 at Horseheads Odds 2025.
- 22 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Horseheads Odds 2025.
Competitions
- Elmira Winter 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Turning in Corning 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- New York Championship 2025 · 12 Oct 2025 — 9 personal bests set
- UCLA Summer 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Horseheads Odds 2025 · 22 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- A Good Friday in Horseheads 2025 · 18 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Blizzard Blitz NY 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Happy Valley Fall PA 2024 · 1 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- New York Championship 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Nub Open Mission Viejo Summer 2024 · 14 Jul 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.
- Evan Liu — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Ethan Qiu — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Evan Waters — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 2.63 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.