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Tate Jennings
3×3 · top 5.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017JENN01
Tate Jennings has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.04, set at Georgia Championship 2026, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,833rd in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2017, he has put 148 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.44 in April 2017 to 9.04, a 37% improvement. Tate has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 9.04 | 11.06 | top 5.0% | 2,833 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.67 | 6.33 | top 6.2% | 1,607 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 35.07 | 45.53 | top 6.9% | 1,074 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:09.09 | 1:15.34 | top 11.1% | 870 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.48 | 19.69 | top 11.4% | 1,514 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 16.24 | 22.31 | top 19.2% | 1,317 / 6,846 | |
| 7×7 | 3:30.46 | 3:37.14 | early days — 3 solves | 571 / 3,236 | |
| 6×6 | 2:26.98 | 2:34.52 | early days — 3 solves | 865 / 4,262 | |
| Megaminx | 2:00.43 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,461 / 8,026 |
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
- 17 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Georgia Championship 2026.
- 13 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.92 at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025.
- 13 Jun 2025Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025.
- 17 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2025.
- 29 Apr 2017First competition: Mountain View Open 2017. A 16.04 3×3 single to start from.
- 29 Apr 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.44 at Mountain View Open 2017.
Competitions
- Georgia Championship 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025 · 13 Jun 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Whale Sounds 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Mountain View Open 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Katie Hull — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Raymond Goslow — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jared Stinson — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.