People · United States
Coleton Pleiss
3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017PLEI01
Coleton Pleiss has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.49, set at Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2024, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,099th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since January 2017, he has put 1,678 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.62 in January 2017 to 8.49, a 62% improvement. Coleton has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% 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 | 8.49 | 10.64 | top 3.7% | 2,099 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 1.90 | 2.89 | top 4.1% | 1,623 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.50 | 21.76 | top 5.2% | 745 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.83 | 4.80 | top 6.9% | 1,750 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 54.05 | 1:05.46 | top 7.0% | 488 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 5.95 | 7.57 | top 7.1% | 558 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 4.10 | 6.20 | top 11.6% | 1,794 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 40.79 | 45.56 | top 13.0% | 1,933 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:07.35 | 2:13.88 | top 15.4% | 295 / 2,092 | |
| Square-1 | 15.45 | 23.30 | top 17.5% | 1,184 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.18 | 1:28.90 | top 18.5% | 1,424 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | 36.33 | top 23.4% | 507 / 2,040 | |
| 6×6 | 2:43.13 | 2:57.01 | top 32.5% | 1,149 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 4:17.97 | 4:30.46 | top 37.0% | 1,033 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 7 of 9 cubes · 48:19 | — | top 38.9% | 298 / 731 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 9:59.42 | — | early days — 3 solves | 243 / 440 |
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
- 7 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Missouri Championship 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at NxNebraska 2025.
- 3 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025.
- 11 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Nebraska Championship 2025.
- 14 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2024.
- 7 Sep 2024Six personal bests in one day at FSUbers 7.0 2024.
Competitions
- State Hunting Calls for Sioux Falls 2026 · 5 Sep 2026
- Missouri Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026 · 22 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Nebraska Championship 2026 · 10 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- NxNebraska 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- KCKC 8 Cubing for Cake 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Cornfields IA 2025 · 28 Jun 2025
- Nebraska Championship 2025 · 11 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- KCKC 7 Big and Awkward 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Miami Skewbed 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- FSUbers 7.0 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- KCKC 5 Fast and Furious 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024 · 7 Jun 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Council Bluffs Cubing Buff 2024 · 26 May 2024
- Cornhusker Quiet Classic 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- FSUbers 6.0 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Race the Clock Minnesota 2023 · 30 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Knights IV 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Sioux City Sunday 2023 · 23 Jul 2023
- Sioux Falls Saturday 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2023 · 2 Jun 2023 — 12 personal bests set
- Nebraska Heartland Warmup 2023 · 31 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022 · 29 Apr 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Virtual Cubing 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Sioux Falls Winter 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- South Omaha Speedsolve 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Iowa State Spring 2017 · 18 Mar 2017
- Marrs Mixup Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017
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.
- Chaeli Baker — met in 242 rounds, finished ahead 146 times
- Chris Van Der Brink — met in 219 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Zachary Johnson — met in 193 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.