People · United States
Torah Hoover
3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022HOOV04
Torah Hoover has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.20, set at DFW Cubing Summer 2026, puts her in the top 1.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 956th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since September 2022, she has put 412 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 16.66 in September 2022 to 7.20, a 57% improvement. Torah has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 7.20 | 8.11 | top 1.6% | 956 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 33.43 | 46.09 | top 5.3% | 821 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 2.52 | 4.07 | top 9.1% | 3,585 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.99 | 17.94 | top 10.2% | 1,353 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 4.79 | 7.84 | top 16.6% | 2,622 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.04 | 9.51 | top 28.2% | 7,768 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 10.73 | 12.96 | top 28.8% | 2,226 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 1:40.00 | 1:46.89 | top 34.6% | 2,456 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 23.78 | 28.25 | top 36.4% | 2,364 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 1:42.21 | 2:02.61 | top 37.0% | 2,954 / 9,401 |
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
- 29 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Summer 2026.
- 16 Mar 2024Six personal bests in one day at DFW Megacomp 2024.
- 7 May 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at DFW Cubing Spring 2023.
- 7 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Spring 2023.
- 15 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Winter 2023.
- 23 Oct 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.69 at DFW Cubing Fall 2022.
Competitions
- DFW Cubing Summer 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Favorites 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Back to School 2024 · 25 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2024 · 28 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Megacomp 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2023 · 15 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2022 · 23 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Texas BarbeCubing 2022 · 10 Sep 2022
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 her.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 84 rounds, never finished ahead
- John Wanger II — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
- Casey Ngo — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.43 away.
Targets move as she improves.