People · United States
Tara Wasser
3×3 · top 8.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023WASS01
Tara Wasser has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.34, set at North Idaho Newcomers 2026, puts her in the top 8.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,745th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2023, she has put 249 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 15.76 in March 2023 to 10.34, a 34% improvement. Tara has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 10.34 | 14.58 | top 8.5% | 4,745 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.33 | 4.63 | top 18.2% | 7,233 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 5.15 | 7.15 | top 19.4% | 3,117 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.56 | 9.79 | top 32.6% | 9,278 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 14.36 | 17.66 | top 45.3% | 3,747 / 9,172 | |
| 4×4 | 1:47.61 | — | early days — 2 solves | 13,961 / 19,354 |
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
- 30 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Spokane Winter 2023.
- 13 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.82 at Never Stop Turning AZ 2023.
- 19 Mar 2023First competition: Arizona Speedcubing Spring 2023. A 15.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tri Cities Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- North Idaho Newcomers 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- CdA Cube Clash 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- North Idaho Newcomers 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Prescott Cubing Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Spokane Winter 2023 · 30 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Phoenix Cubing Open 2023 · 10 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Sonoran Side Events 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023 · 3 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bring the Heat AZ 2023 · 20 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Never Stop Turning AZ 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Arizona Speedcubing Spring 2023 · 19 Mar 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 her.
- Jeremiah Rummerfield — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ivan Vanek — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mia Sponseller — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as she improves.