People · United States
Tate Ackerman
3×3 one-handed · top 32.2% of 74,621 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023ACKE03
Tate Ackerman has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 24.22, set at Cliffside Cubing Billings 2025, puts him in the top 32.2% of the 74,621 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,251st in the United States. Across 9 competitions since April 2023, he has put 228 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 51.76 in April 2023 to 22.03, a 57% improvement. Tate has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 one-handed | 24.22 | 27.22 | top 32.2% | 4,251 / 15,900 | |
| 3×3 | 22.03 | 25.95 | top 45.6% | 26,683 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 6.44 | 9.73 | top 55.4% | 23,059 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:51.89 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,395 / 2,128 | |
| Skewb | 15.78 | 23.40 | top 80.7% | 15,658 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 17.64 | 26.75 | top 89.2% | 26,643 / 29,168 | |
| Megaminx | 4:29.22 | 5:15.88 | top 93.9% | 7,706 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 3:32.39 | 4:11.77 | top 98.4% | 19,150 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 1:13.72 | — | early days — 3 solves | 9,160 / 9,172 | |
| 5×5 | 7:09.79 | — | early days — 2 solves | 9,526 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 3:31.41 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,856 / 6,846 |
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
- 1 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cliffside Cubing Billings 2025.
- 30 Sep 2023First sub-30 3×3: 27.81 at Billings Speedcubing 2023.
- 30 Sep 2023Six personal bests in one day at Billings Speedcubing 2023.
- 8 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Montana Madness 2023.
- 30 Apr 2023First competition: Grizzly Awakening 2023. A 51.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cliffside Cubing Billings 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cliffside Cubing Billings 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Billings Fall 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Sheridan Stampede 2024 · 6 Apr 2024
- Spokane Winter 2023 · 30 Dec 2023
- Bozeman Cubing 2023 · 29 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Billings Speedcubing 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Montana Madness 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Grizzly Awakening 2023 · 30 Apr 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 his.
- Stone Amsbaugh — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Colton Hulin — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
- Elizabeth Cutting — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,318 people have one; it is 4.22 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 115,495 people have one; it is 2.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.