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Ku'uipo Tahiti'a Smith
2×2 · top 28.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025SMIT53
Ku'uipo Tahiti'a Smith has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.12, set at Hawaiʻi Big Island Fall 2026, puts him in the top 28.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,274th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since October 2025, he has put 80 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.85 in October 2025 to 25.95, a 30% improvement. He 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 | 4.12 | 13.33 | top 28.1% | 11,274 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.97 | 11.31 | top 52.8% | 15,644 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 25.95 | 35.33 | top 54.7% | 32,635 / 60,666 | |
| Megaminx | 2:33.18 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,882 / 8,026 |
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
- 3 Oct 2026First sub-30 3×3: 25.95 at Hawaiʻi Big Island Fall 2026.
- 3 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Hawaiʻi Big Island Fall 2026.
- 25 Oct 2025First competition: Hawaiʻi Big Island Fall 2025. A 36.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hawaiʻi Big Island Fall 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Hawaii Championship 2026 · 24 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hawaiʻi Big Island Winter 2026 · 28 Feb 2026
- Honolulu Uaki a Makapō 2026 · 25 Jan 2026
- Honolulu Hoʻoilo 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Hawaiʻi Big Island Fall 2025 · 25 Oct 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.
- Jaden Matsunaka — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chris Martin — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kealoha Ke — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 47,369 people have one; it is 1.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.