People · United States
Xander Houck
2×2 · top 48.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023HOUC02
Xander Houck has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.81, set at CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023, puts him in the top 48.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19,830th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since November 2023, he has put 67 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.36 in November 2023 to 23.65, a 38% improvement. Xander has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 5.81 | 9.61 | top 48.8% | 19,830 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 23.65 | 30.77 | top 49.5% | 28,817 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.60 | 15.03 | top 70.8% | 20,963 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 24.06 | 30.64 | top 94.2% | 18,085 / 18,907 |
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
- 27 Apr 2024First sub-30 3×3: 28.85 at Cherry on Top Colorado AM 2024.
- 3 Nov 2023First competition: CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023. A 38.36 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Happy Crew CO 2025 · 29 Mar 2025
- A Little Fun in Littleton Colorado 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cherry on Top Colorado AM 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Happy Crew Déjà Vu Colorado 2024 · 24 Feb 2024
- Pillar of Fire Colorado 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023 · 3 Nov 2023
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.
- Miles Walcott — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Evan Wilson — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Stone Amsbaugh — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.