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Preston Straus
Pyraminx · top 36.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023STRA25
Preston Straus has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 8.03, set at Milwaukee Cubing Mania 2024, puts him in the top 36.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,317th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since August 2023, he has put 39 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.42 in August 2023 to 37.99, a 14% improvement. Preston 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 8.03 | 19.23 | top 36.4% | 10,317 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 37.99 | 51.94 | top 74.5% | 45,336 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 16.42 | 50.13 | top 92.4% | 38,390 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 31.76 | — | early days — 3 solves | 18,636 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 2:24.54 | — | early days — 2 solves | 15,545 / 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
- 19 Aug 2023First competition: Naperville Summer 2023. A 44.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Milwaukee Cubing Mania 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DeKalb Cubing Fall 2023 · 22 Oct 2023
- Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Naperville Summer 2023 · 19 Aug 2023
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.
- Alex Chen — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lucas Lippman-Bruno — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Hayley Veloso — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 7.99 away.
Targets move as he improves.