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Taren White
Pyraminx · top 13.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2021 · 2021WHIT02
Taren White has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.03, set at Pretzel Mania Denver 2024, puts him in the top 13.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,482nd in the United States. Across 69 competitions since July 2021, he has put 870 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.79 in July 2021 to 16.06, a 66% improvement. Taren has entered 69 competitions, more competitions than 99% 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 | 5.03 | 6.92 | top 13.4% | 3,482 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 9.58 | 12.99 | top 23.0% | 1,767 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 3.87 | 7.18 | top 24.8% | 9,738 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 16.06 | 30.39 | top 28.0% | 15,315 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 10.35 | 14.44 | top 57.1% | 10,401 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 2:05.15 | — | top 83.9% | 15,770 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:03.09 | 1:33.66 | top 85.6% | 12,905 / 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
- 30 Dec 2023First sub-20 3×3: 16.06 at Happy Holidays Colorado 2023.
- 3 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023.
- 1 Apr 2023First sub-30 3×3: 26.33 at Don't be Fooled Colorado 2023.
- 21 May 2022Four personal bests in one day at Colorado Cubing Weekend 2022.
- 31 Jul 2021First competition: Wyoming Summer 2021. A 47.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Longmont Open 2026 · 13 Jun 2026
- Oredigger Open CO 2026 · 8 Feb 2026
- Colorado Trifecta 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- FoCo Open 2025 · 30 Aug 2025
- Commerce City Cup 2025 · 10 Aug 2025
- Colorado Springs Summer 2025 · 26 Jul 2025
- Grand Junction Dysfunction 2025 · 31 May 2025
- Colorado Springs Spring 2025 · 17 May 2025
- Longmont Open 2025 · 19 Apr 2025
- Happy Crew CO 2025 · 29 Mar 2025
- Oredigger Open CO 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- DeNxNver 2025 · 1 Feb 2025
- A Little Fun in Littleton Colorado 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- Winter Warmup CO 2025 · 11 Jan 2025
- Boulder Holiday Bash 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
- Centennial State Cube Off 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- Unorthodox Blocks CO 2 2024 · 23 Nov 2024
- Colorado Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024
- Back to School Colorado 2024 · 24 Aug 2024
- Colorado Springs Showdown 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024
- Colorado Mountain Tour - Grand Junction 2024 · 12 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Mountain Tour - Glenwood Springs 2024 · 11 Jun 2024
- Colorado Mountain Tour - Avon 2024 · 10 Jun 2024
- Colorado Mountain Tour - Frisco 2024 · 9 Jun 2024
- Colorado Mountain Tour - Evergreen 2024 · 8 Jun 2024
- Pretzel Mania Denver 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cherry on Top Colorado PM 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- Barely Awake Boulder 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DeNxNver 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
- Happy Holidays Colorado 2023 · 30 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- USAFA Flyby Cubing 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Colorado Cold Hands Showdown 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pillar of Fire Colorado 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023 · 3 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Rocky Mountain Warm-Up 2023 · 28 Oct 2023
- The Art of the Cube Colorado 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Colorado Pastacomp 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- Centennial State Cube-Off 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ski Valley Solving 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Unorthodox Blocks Colorado 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
- Nod Don Denver 2023 · 16 Jul 2023
- Don't Fall Off Pikes Peak 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- FoCo Cubing 2023 · 1 Jul 2023
- Colorado Mountain Tour - Grand Junction 2023 · 14 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Mountain Tour - Glenwood Springs 2023 · 13 Jun 2023
- Colorado Mountain Tour - Avon 2023 · 12 Jun 2023
- Colorado Mountain Tour - Frisco 2023 · 11 Jun 2023
- Cubing In Creek 2023 · 20 May 2023
- Colorado Western Slope 2023 · 13 May 2023
- Colorado Waffle Jostle 2023 · 29 Apr 2023
- Don't be Fooled Colorado 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Mile High Megacomp 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Happy Crew Cubing CO 2023 · 25 Feb 2023
- Bundle Up Broomfield 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- LoCo Cubing PM 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Sensory Shutdown 2022 · 19 Nov 2022
- Cubing in The Springs 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Summit Big Cube Showdown 2022 · 15 Oct 2022
- CO Solving in Fall for All 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Mile High Please Be Quiet 2022 · 6 Aug 2022
- Cubing for Charity Colorado 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Slopeside Solving 2022 · 25 Jun 2022
- Wyoming Summer 2022 · 4 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Colorado Cubing Weekend 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing in Craig 2022 · 16 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Pikes Peak Good Afternoon 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- DeNxNver 2022 · 12 Feb 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Wyoming Summer 2021 · 31 Jul 2021
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.
- Stone Amsbaugh — met in 190 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Kaemon Vita — met in 171 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Elizabeth Cutting — met in 163 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
- A sub-8 Clock single — 4,877 people have one; it is 1.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.