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Shaiden Noetzel

2×2 · top 19.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023NOET01

Shaiden Noetzel has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.42, set at Brisbane Summer 2024, puts him in the top 19.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,443rd in Australia. Across 10 competitions since February 2023, he has put 176 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.76 in February 2023 to 19.28, a 39% improvement. Shaiden has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 19.2% of 186,767 all-time
3.42
signature single · Brisbane Summer 2024
176
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×23.426.27
top 19.2%1,443 / 8,567
Pyraminx6.0518.12
top 20.4%1,013 / 5,993
3×319.2822.33
top 37.9%3,669 / 11,709
Skewb10.6915.65
top 59.1%1,945 / 3,534
3×3 one-handed41.771:01.53
top 67.7%1,612 / 2,659
4×41:38.59
top 69.7%2,024 / 3,051
5×53:35.58
early days — 1 solve1,251 / 1,356

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

Brisbane Summer 2023: 31.76Runaway Bay May Saturday 2023: 27.34Australian Nationals 2023: 24.39QUT Qube Challenge Sunday 2023: 20.33Brisbane Summer 2024: 19.28Cubing in Corinda Sunday 2024: 20.91Queensland Open 2024: 20.42Speedy Southport 2024: 21.43Brisbane Summer 2025: 20.59Australian Nationals 2025: 22.4819.2831.764 Feb 20232 Oct 2025

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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.