People · United States
Silas Hodsdon
3×3 · top 5.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024HODS01
Silas Hodsdon has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.06, set at CubingUSA New England Championship 2025, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,857th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2024, he has put 234 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.92 in March 2024 to 9.06, a 39% improvement. Silas has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 9.06 | 12.30 | top 5.0% | 2,857 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.04 | 3.71 | top 5.0% | 2,049 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.85 | 5.55 | top 7.0% | 1,796 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 5.26 | 9.09 | top 20.3% | 3,267 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.94 | 27.78 | top 20.4% | 2,640 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 1:30.43 | 1:39.66 | top 28.6% | 2,021 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 54.35 | 1:01.48 | top 30.0% | 4,765 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.34 | 1:39.87 | top 31.0% | 2,479 / 9,537 |
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
- 1 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.06 at CubingUSA New England Championship 2025.
- 1 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New England Championship 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Orono Open 2025.
- 27 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at River Hawk Cubikon 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024First competition: Maine Winter 2024. A 14.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Maine Open 2026 · 19 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Skowhegan Puzzlefest 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Skowhegan Cubikon 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Orono Open 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- River Hawk Cubikon 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Maine Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 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.
- Luke Chestnutt — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Aidan McKenzie — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Chandler Pike — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.