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Preston Hoing

2×2 · top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019HOIN01

Preston Hoing has been competing for 7 years. Their best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.79, set at Boulder Holiday Bash 2025, puts them in the top 3.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,386th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 102 competitions since March 2019, they have put 3,446 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, their 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Their 3×3 best has come down from 19.26 in March 2019 to 11.77, a 39% improvement. Preston has entered 102 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time
1.79
signature single · Boulder Holiday Bash 2025
3,446
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.794.22
top 3.5%1,386 / 40,951
Clock5.546.21
top 5.8%449 / 8,927
Skewb3.696.05
top 8.9%1,364 / 18,907
Pyraminx4.327.64
top 9.3%2,401 / 28,708
3×3 Multi-Blind14 of 15 cubes · 57:06—
top 11.2%80 / 731
3×3 blindfolded58.651:06.33
top 12.6%243 / 2,092
3×311.7713.26
top 13.1%7,019 / 59,724
4×442.1948.76
top 14.7%2,204 / 19,072
Square-115.0624.54
top 16.6%1,127 / 6,743
Megaminx1:22.331:40.00
top 23.3%1,600 / 7,841
5×51:26.291:30.97
top 24.3%1,893 / 9,401
7×73:48.334:03.84
top 26.6%745 / 3,184
4×4 blindfolded5:45.59—
top 27.3%112 / 440
6×62:33.892:56.37
top 27.6%980 / 4,196
3×3 one-handed24.4532.96
top 32.7%4,273 / 15,683
5×5 blindfolded19:28.00—
early days — 2 solves129 / 218
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves53.33
top 65.6%1,364 / 2,040

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

Rocky Mountain Spring 2019: 19.26Colorado Qualifier 2019: 18.27Veterans Day Open 2019: 23.22Olde Town Parker 2020: 19.39Pikes Peak Returns A 2021: 17.18Scramble in the Springs 2022: 20.15DeNxNver 2022: 16.75Pikes Peak Good Afternoon 2022: 19.83Cubing in Craig 2022: 18.25Colorado Cubing Weekend 2022: 16.49Slopeside Solving 2022: 18.91Cubing for Charity Colorado 2022: 16.84Pueblo Puzzling 2022: 17.41Pretzel Mania 2022: 13.34CO Solving in Fall for All 2022: 16.67Summit Big Cube Showdown 2022: 17.19Cubing in The Springs 2022: 17.76Loveland Fall 2022: 14.97LoCo Cubing PM 2022: 14.51Bundle Up Broomfield 2023: 15.00High Plains Solving 2023: 15.21Sleepless in Seattle 2023: 14.04Happy Crew Cubing CO 2023: 15.74Mile High Megacomp 2023: 13.89Don't be Fooled Colorado 2023: 14.46Colorado Waffle Jostle 2023: 17.29Colorado Western Slope 2023: 15.32Cubing In Creek 2023: 13.93Colorado Mountain Tour - Golden 2023: 17.30Colorado Mountain Tour - Frisco 2023: 15.71Colorado Mountain Tour - Avon 2023: 18.42Colorado Mountain Tour - Glenwood Springs 2023: 16.86Colorado Mountain Tour - Grand Junction 2023: 13.49Summer Solving Colorado 2023: 15.36Unorthodox Blocks Colorado 2023: 15.15CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 16.99Colorado Jungle Jumble 2023: 13.02Centennial State Cube-Off 2023: 14.66Colorado Pastacomp 2023: 13.05The Art of the Cube Colorado 2023: 14.77Rocky Mountain Warm-Up 2023: 14.85CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 15.06Pillar of Fire Colorado 2023: 15.50Rocky Top 2023: 14.32Happy Holidays Colorado 2023: 13.81DeNxNver 2024: 14.77Barely Awake Boulder 2024: 14.08Oredigger Open 2024: 13.90Volunteer State Cubing 2024: 13.88Spring Madness Colorado 2024: 14.82Cherry on Top Colorado PM 2024: 13.98Pretzel Mania Denver 2024: 13.62Colorado Mountain Tour - Evergreen 2024: 12.41Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 15.81Colorado Springs Showdown 2024: 13.20Back to School Colorado 2024: 13.68La La Land 2024: 12.18Golden Touch 2024: 15.45Colorado Championship 2024: 13.29Unorthodox Blocks CO 2 2024: 13.10Denver Dash 2024: 15.54Centennial State Cube Off 2024: 12.19Boulder Holiday Bash 2025: 13.06Winter Warmup CO 2025: 13.04Vanderbilt Winter 2025: 13.85DeNxNver 2025: 12.65Oredigger Open CO 2025: 13.64Happy Crew CO 2025: 13.43CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025: 12.46Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 14.90Colorado Springs Summer 2025: 14.13West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025: 14.02Oldham County Fall 2025: 14.09Rocky Mountain Championship 2025: 13.08Oredigger Fall CO 2025: 11.913x3s in 303 Colorado 2025: 13.60Super Duper San Diego 2026: 12.25DeNxNver 2026: 12.55Oredigger Open CO 2026: 11.77Unorthodox Blocks 5 CO 2026: 13.34Pi Day Cubing CO 2026: 11.94Cube Against Cancer Colorado 2026: 11.77Denver Mini 2026: 12.14Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 12.06Rocky Mountain Championship 2026: 13.1111.7723.2230 Mar 201921 Aug 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 their.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
  • A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.54 away.

Targets move as they improves.