People · United States
Carson Tao
3×3 · top 23.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025TAOC01
Carson Tao has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.74, set at Space City Fall TX 2025, puts him in the top 23.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,755th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since May 2025, he has put 30 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.87 in May 2025 to 14.74, a 54% improvement. Carson has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.74 | 18.30 | top 23.5% | 12,755 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.41 | 14.81 | top 31.2% | 8,709 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 7.26 | 14.44 | top 62.5% | 25,716 / 40,951 |
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
- 19 Oct 2025First sub-30 3×3: 14.74 at Space City Fall TX 2025.
- 19 Oct 2025First sub-20 3×3: 14.74 at Space City Fall TX 2025.
- 19 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.74 at Space City Fall TX 2025.
- 24 May 2025First competition: Belmont Spring 2025. A 31.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Space City Fall TX 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Belmont Spring 2025 · 24 May 2025
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.
- Keira Hoopes — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ethan Kannady — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Everett Gilgour — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.74 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.