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Sherry Tao (陶心仪)

Skewb · top 3.9% of 73,281 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022TAOS01

Sherry Tao (陶心仪) has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.77, set at Simi Mini B 2026, puts her in the top 3.9% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 612th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 88 competitions since August 2022, she has put 1,503 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 28.96 in August 2022 to 15.64, a 46% improvement. Sherry has entered 88 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 3.9% of 73,281 all-time
2.77
signature single · Simi Mini B 2026
1,503
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb2.774.90
top 3.9%612 / 18,907
2×22.246.73
top 6.5%2,588 / 40,951
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves41.33
top 14.8%327 / 2,040
Pyraminx6.009.57
top 20.0%5,359 / 28,708
3×315.6418.18
top 26.6%14,535 / 59,724
Clock11.4714.80
top 32.4%2,542 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed27.4434.66
top 40.5%5,411 / 15,683
4×41:08.921:29.77
top 45.8%7,615 / 19,072
5×52:04.542:26.01
top 52.1%4,387 / 9,401
Megaminx2:14.792:33.32
top 53.7%4,030 / 7,841
6×64:27.335:18.30
top 73.9%2,922 / 4,196
7×77:31.188:33.05
top 84.7%2,689 / 3,184

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

Marshall Middle Slice 2022: 28.96Marshall Cubing September 2022: 24.09WCC Western Championship 2022: 30.85Speedcube Baja Open 2022: 25.94San Diego's Final Cube-Down 2022: 29.89Jaguar Open 2023: 27.18Cozy Cubing Poway 2023: 26.56UCSD Spring 2023: 20.58Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023: 20.96UCSD For Hemophilia 2023: 28.27UCSD Unofficial Events 2023: 24.85UCSD Extravaganza 2023: 25.93UCSD Winter 2023: 20.67UCSD Winter 2024: 21.45Barely Awake Boulder 2024: 24.10Triton Tricubealon 2024: 21.25San Diego Newcomers 2024: 26.08San Diego Big Cub 2024: 25.54CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 25.78La La Land 2024: 25.48Super Duper San Diego 2024: 24.47UCSB Cubing 2024: 25.28Davis Fall 2024: 25.24Berkeley October Weekday Tricubealon 2024: 31.39UCSD Fall 2024: 26.51CubeChella 2024: 23.40Nub Open Lake Forest 2024: 19.37Santa Barbara Winter 2025: 23.24CETis 156 Broncos 2025: 23.77Bay Area Side Events Day 2025: 24.67SoCal Speedcubing at Super STEM Saturday 2025: 21.16Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2025: 20.02Agoura Side Events Day 2025: 21.67UCLA Spring 2025: 20.53Burbank Big Cubes 2025: 23.30Arizona Championship 2025: 22.39Let's Cube Long Beach 2025: 20.73West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025: 22.00Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 21.31Dunas en Mexicali 2025: 18.65UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025: 18.95West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025: 18.86Honolulu Hāʻulelau 2025: 18.61Mission Viejo Fall 2025: 21.46Poly Cubed at Pomona 2025: 19.94UCSD Unofficial Events 2025: 21.79Temecula Valley Winter 2025: 18.36Super Duper San Diego 2026: 20.60Arizona Championship 2026: 18.68Simi Mini B 2026: 16.53UCSD March B 2026: 17.06Temecula Valley Spring 2026: 15.64Poly Cubed at Pomona 2026: 20.20Duper Super Davis Spring 2026: 20.28City of STEM LA 2026: 18.98Belmont Spring 2026: 20.13West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026: 18.44Alameda County Fair 2026: 19.14Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 18.01Mountain House Open 2026: 18.34Davis Big Summer 2026: 16.23Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 20.65Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026: 17.4815.6431.3927 Aug 202229 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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 her.

  • Shane Grogan — met in 225 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
  • Alex Lehman — met in 223 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
  • Dylan Govic — met in 175 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.24 away.

Targets move as she improves.