People · United States
Preston Shaffer
3×3 · top 29.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024SHAF02
Preston Shaffer has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.53, set at Washtenaw Mini 2 2024, puts him in the top 29.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,192nd in the United States. Across 10 competitions since April 2024, he has put 124 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.12 in April 2024 to 16.53, a 31% improvement. Preston 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 | 16.53 | 19.45 | top 29.5% | 16,192 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.79 | 11.20 | top 34.5% | 9,726 / 28,708 | |
| Square-1 | 26.98 | 35.78 | top 43.5% | 2,828 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 9.14 | 13.30 | top 49.4% | 8,831 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 5.99 | 6.78 | top 50.8% | 20,651 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:50.79 | — | early days — 2 solves | 14,181 / 19,072 |
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 Jun 2024First sub-20 3×3: 16.99 at Michigan Mini 19 2024.
- 22 Apr 2024First competition: Michigan Mini 18 2024. A 27.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Michigan Mini 30 2025 · 7 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Mini 29 2025 · 13 Mar 2025
- Michigan Mini 26A 2024 · 30 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Mini 25 2024 · 2 Dec 2024
- Washtenaw Mini 2 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan Mini 23 2024 · 23 Sep 2024
- Michigan Mini 22 2024 · 27 Aug 2024
- Michigan Mini 21 2024 · 6 Aug 2024
- Michigan Mini 19 2024 · 3 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Mini 18 2024 · 22 Apr 2024 — 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.
- Doug Li — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- James Hildreth — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ansel de Jong — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.