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Walker Heck

3×3 · top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014HECK02

Walker Heck has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.12, set at UMBC Fall 2025, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,706th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since August 2014, he has put 1,147 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.93 in August 2014 to 8.12, a 65% improvement. Walker has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.0% of 284,439 all-time
8.12
signature single · UMBC Fall 2025
1,147
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.1210.85
top 3.0%1,706 / 59,724
2×22.013.51
top 4.8%1,927 / 40,951
Skewb3.125.02
top 5.6%868 / 18,907
4×437.3244.08
top 9.0%1,358 / 19,072
Pyraminx4.367.57
top 9.5%2,449 / 28,708
5×51:08.281:12.27
top 10.4%815 / 9,401
6×62:05.162:14.39
top 13.3%485 / 4,196
7×73:13.843:24.80
top 14.4%401 / 3,184
Square-115.0324.36
top 16.5%1,116 / 6,743
Megaminx1:15.681:24.50
top 19.1%1,299 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed22.3726.04
top 27.1%3,492 / 15,683
Clock11.1514.54
top 30.8%2,408 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves48.67
early days — 3 solves1,178 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded10:30.00—
early days — 1 solve2,072 / 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

Indiana 2014: 22.93Austin Cubing Limits 2015: 26.77Lawrence Spring 2015: 22.75US Nationals 2015: 19.32Kansas City Cubing 2015: 16.27OKCubing 2016: 13.61KCubing Spring 2016: 13.20KCubing Summer 2016: 11.01Central Arkansas Summer 2018: 12.24Razorback Fall 2018: 12.24Arkansas Cubing Drive 2018: 14.07DFW Megacomp 2024: 11.87CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024: 11.13Arkansolve Fall 2024: 9.37Arkansas Championship 2025: 10.12Cubing in Cave Springs Arkansas 2025: 10.22Kansas Championship 2025: 9.22CubingUSA Southern Championship 2025: 9.75UMBC Fall 2025: 8.12Arkansolve Fall 2025: 8.85GAN Southern Championship 2026: 9.08Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 9.138.1226.7723 Aug 20142 Jul 2026

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.