People · United States
Talia Smith
2×2 · top 2.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024SMIT62
Talia Smith has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.66, set at South Omaha Scramble 2026, puts her in the top 2.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,147th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2024, she has put 482 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 25.21 in October 2024 to 8.09, a 68% improvement. Talia has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 1.66 | 3.96 | top 2.9% | 1,147 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 8.09 | 10.08 | top 3.0% | 1,718 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 35.04 | 39.95 | top 6.8% | 1,069 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.74 | 18.99 | top 9.7% | 1,305 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 5.22 | 9.12 | top 19.9% | 3,197 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.04 | 12.61 | top 20.3% | 5,546 / 29,168 | |
| Megaminx | 1:23.94 | 1:41.96 | top 24.3% | 1,715 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.15 | 1:43.11 | top 34.1% | 2,741 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 13.84 | 18.03 | top 43.2% | 3,552 / 9,172 | |
| Square-1 | 34.56 | 50.95 | top 57.7% | 3,855 / 6,846 | |
| 6×6 | 3:44.40 | 3:57.51 | top 60.5% | 2,352 / 4,262 |
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
- 14 Aug 2026Five personal bests in one day at Kansas Championship 2026.
- 7 Aug 2026Five personal bests in one day at Missouri Championship 2026.
- 18 Jul 2026Five personal bests in one day at South Omaha Scramble 2026.
- 2 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at 7x7 Off I-70 MO 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.83 at COMO Cube-Off 2026.
- 13 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Kansas Air Capital Cubing 2025.
Competitions
- Iowa Championship 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansas Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Missouri Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- South Omaha Scramble 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- 7x7 Off I-70 MO 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- COMO Cube-Off 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- KCKC 8 Cubing for Cake 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansas Air Capital Cubing 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Lawrence Summer 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Missouri Championship 2025 · 18 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- KCKC 6 Cubing for Cake 2024 · 12 Oct 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 her.
- Trenton Cuzick — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Chaeli Baker — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Zachary Johnson — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as she improves.