People · United States
Tate Smith
3×3 · top 40.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2026 · 2026SMIT08
Tate Smith has been competing for 7 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.07, set at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026, puts him in the top 40.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22,787th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since February 2026, he has put 32 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.44 in February 2026 to 20.07, a 24% improvement. Tate has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 20.07 | 22.30 | top 40.1% | 22,787 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.36 | 14.00 | top 47.9% | 13,827 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 16.03 | — | early days — 3 solves | 4,259 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 11.47 | 15.04 | top 63.4% | 11,749 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 7.48 | 8.22 | top 64.1% | 26,418 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:45.02 | — | top 73.8% | 13,391 / 19,072 |
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 Feb 2026First competition: Vanderbilt Winter 2026. A 26.44 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Vanderbilt Winter 2026 · 14 Feb 2026
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.
- Malachi Harder — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Arye Parker — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- James Atticus Guth — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.