People · United States
Reed Tran
2×2 · top 0.17% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2021 · 2021TRAN06
Reed Tran has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.75, set at Beat the Clock Westminster 2024, puts him in the top 0.17% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 71st in the United States. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since October 2021, he has put 487 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 7.93 in October 2021 to 6.30, a 21% improvement. Reed 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 0.75 | 2.16 | top 0.17% | 71 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 6.30 | 7.23 | top 0.69% | 449 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.17 | 14.40 | top 2.0% | 317 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.75 | 3.07 | top 2.8% | 764 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 2.56 | 3.33 | top 3.1% | 478 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 37.16 | 39.57 | top 8.9% | 1,336 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 7.01 | 8.12 | top 10.9% | 843 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.93 | 1:20.11 | top 13.7% | 1,051 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 15.60 | 17.52 | top 17.8% | 1,207 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 1:17.23 | 1:20.42 | top 20.0% | 1,374 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 3:04.20 | 4:03.41 | early days — 3 solves | 1,599 / 4,196 |
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
- 28 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Beat the Clock Westminster 2024.
- 23 Sep 2023Five personal bests in one day at Clarks Hill Cubing 2023.
- 19 Mar 2023Five personal bests in one day at Kendeda Kubing B 2023.
- 29 Jul 2022Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022.
- 30 Oct 2021First competition: Cobb Cubes Comeback 2B 2021. A 8.80 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Beat the Clock Westminster 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Clarks Hill Cubing 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Kendeda Kubing B 2023 · 19 Mar 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- GA Cubers Turkey Gobblers 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022 · 29 Jul 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- GA Cubers Greetings 2022 · 29 Jan 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cobb Cubes Comeback 2B 2021 · 30 Oct 2021 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Katie Hull — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
- Rowan Stough — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
- Vishwa Sankar — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.