People · United States
Ronan Hobbs
3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023HOBB04
Ronan Hobbs has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.24, set at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,828th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since October 2023, he has put 276 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.59 in October 2023 to 8.24, a 58% improvement. Ronan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 8.24 | 10.72 | top 3.2% | 1,828 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.05 | 4.55 | top 3.8% | 1,013 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.81 | 21.08 | top 12.1% | 1,579 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 41.53 | 47.24 | top 13.9% | 2,073 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 3.09 | 4.55 | top 15.3% | 5,988 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 6.11 | 8.78 | top 26.6% | 4,329 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 21.70 | 30.41 | top 31.8% | 2,056 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.33 | 1:40.93 | top 34.1% | 2,716 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 1:40.27 | 1:57.77 | top 34.8% | 2,473 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 3:16.46 | 3:40.85 | top 48.7% | 1,823 / 4,196 | |
| Clock | 16.35 | 20.31 | top 53.1% | 4,376 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 8:05.20 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,987 / 2,092 |
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
- 5 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Oregon Championship 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Central Washington Evens 2025.
- 13 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.72 at Oregon Championship 2024.
- 11 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at PortlaNxNd 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.32 at Couve Cubing Spring 2024.
- 28 Oct 2023First competition: Salem Spooktacular 2023. A 21.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Oregon Championship 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Worlds Warmup Hillsboro 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Central Washington Evens 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Hillsboro Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Oregon Championship 2024 · 13 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- PortlaNxNd 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Couve Cubing Spring 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Salem Spooktacular 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 55 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tripp Peters — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ezra Fish — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.