People · United States
Wade Hawkins
3×3 one-handed · top 0.54% of 73,695 all-time · competing since July 2021 · 2021HAWK02
Wade Hawkins has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 9.06, set at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025, puts him in the top 0.54% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 83rd in the United States. Until November 2013, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since July 2021, he has put 523 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 7.96 in July 2021 to 6.56, an 18% improvement. Wade 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 one-handed | 9.06 | 11.23 | top 0.54% | 83 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 | 6.56 | 7.80 | top 0.91% | 571 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 1.77 | 3.25 | top 3.4% | 1,339 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 56.06 | 1:05.05 | top 3.7% | 311 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 32.90 | 35.93 | top 4.9% | 766 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.98 | 6.16 | top 7.5% | 1,929 / 28,708 | |
| 6×6 | 1:57.04 | 2:05.42 | top 9.9% | 351 / 4,196 | |
| Megaminx | 1:03.08 | 1:06.94 | top 11.6% | 783 / 7,841 | |
| 7×7 | 3:08.86 | 3:15.81 | top 13.0% | 355 / 3,184 | |
| Clock | 9.68 | 10.78 | top 23.5% | 1,806 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 6.57 | 10.33 | top 30.3% | 4,985 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 39 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 969 / 2,040 | |
| Square-1 | 35.09 | 42.24 | top 58.6% | 3,866 / 6,743 |
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 Sep 2023Six personal bests in one day at Oregon Championship 2023.
- 6 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Rose City 2023.
- 12 Aug 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Oregon Championship 2022.
- 6 Nov 2021Four personal bests in one day at Missoula 2021.
- 17 Jul 2021First competition: Idaho Summer B 2021. A 7.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Back in Boise 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Oregon Championship 2023 · 1 Sep 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Eugene Cubing 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rose City 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Posthaste Potato Solving 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Oregon Championship 2022 · 12 Aug 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Rose City 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Let's Try Again Spokane 2022 · 5 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Idaho Spudcubing II 2021 · 11 Dec 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Missoula 2021 · 6 Nov 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Idaho Summer B 2021 · 17 Jul 2021
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 67 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
- Asher Kim-Magierek — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Sameer Aggarwal — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.