People · United States
Jimmy Tran
3×3 · top 0.49% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019TRAN12
Jimmy Tran has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.01, set at DFW Back to School 2025, puts him in the top 0.49% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 324th in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since June 2019, he has put 340 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.25 in June 2019 to 6.01, a 35% improvement. Jimmy has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 6.01 | 7.31 | top 0.49% | 324 / 59,724 | |
| 5×5 | 55.15 | 1:01.45 | top 3.4% | 285 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 46.04 | 49.72 | top 3.5% | 253 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 31.68 | 34.11 | top 3.9% | 637 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 2.40 | 3.53 | top 8.0% | 3,139 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 3.79 | 6.46 | top 9.5% | 1,451 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.56 | 7.97 | top 10.6% | 2,761 / 28,708 | |
| 7×7 | 3:25.57 | 3:38.12 | top 18.3% | 512 / 3,184 | |
| Square-1 | 16.04 | 20.88 | top 18.8% | 1,266 / 6,743 | |
| Clock | 15.23 | 19.17 | top 48.8% | 3,979 / 8,927 |
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
- 2 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer DFW 2026.
- 30 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at DFW Back to School 2025.
- 14 Aug 2022Five personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Summer 2022.
- 22 Feb 2020Five personal bests in one day at Trinity Valley Spring 2020.
- 22 Jun 2019First competition: North Dallas 2019. A 9.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer DFW 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- DFW Back to School 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Minicomp A 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2022 · 14 Aug 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing Is A Sport Frisco AM 2021 · 10 Jul 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Trinity Valley Spring 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 5 personal bests set
- Fort Worth Fall Fiesta 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- 345 Cube Day Allen 2019 · 13 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Back to School DFW 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- North Dallas 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Denniel Santos — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Vincent Chen — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 5.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.