People · United States
Preston Mitchell
2×2 · top 39.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024MITC01
Preston Mitchell has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.01, set at Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025, puts him in the top 39.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,823rd in the United States. Across 9 competitions since January 2024, he has put 135 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.52 in January 2024 to 28.13, a 13% improvement. Preston has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 5.01 | 7.46 | top 39.4% | 15,823 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.93 | 11.75 | top 44.2% | 12,681 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 28.13 | 31.60 | top 59.1% | 35,045 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 11.11 | 18.43 | top 61.4% | 11,328 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 29.49 | — | early days — 3 solves | 7,437 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:35.87 | — | early days — 2 solves | 14,895 / 15,683 |
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
- 9 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025First sub-30 3×3: 29.83 at Warm Up Seattle 2025.
- 20 Jan 2024First competition: Tacoma Winter Twisters 2024. A 32.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Warm Up Seattle 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kent Spring 2025 · 31 May 2025
- Kent Summer 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tacoma Summer 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Husky Pride Seattle 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Couve Cubing Spring 2024 · 9 Mar 2024
- Tacoma Winter Twisters 2024 · 20 Jan 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.
- Eli Kirk — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
- Sebastian Valdes — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Saharsh Sai Vontela — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.