People · United States
Liam Tran
2×2 · top 36.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024TRAN28
Liam Tran has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.76, set at DFW Cubing Winter 2026, puts him in the top 36.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,485th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since December 2024, he has put 65 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.95 in December 2024 to 20.62, a 43% improvement. Liam has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 4.76 | 6.97 | top 36.3% | 14,485 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.22 | 10.61 | top 38.1% | 10,871 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 20.62 | 23.62 | top 41.7% | 23,791 / 59,724 |
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 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Winter 2026.
- 1 Mar 2025First sub-30 3×3: 21.39 at Cube Against Cancer DFW 2025.
- 8 Dec 2024First competition: Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024. A 35.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- DFW Cubing Winter 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer DFW 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024 · 8 Dec 2024
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.
- Ayushmaan Arora — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tristan Patrick — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan Pilat — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.