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Tate Sullivan

3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019SULL01

Tate Sullivan has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.88, set at The Legacy Begins 2023, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,495th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since February 2019, he has put 1,450 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.88 in February 2019 to 7.88, a 76% improvement. Tate has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time
7.88
signature single · The Legacy Begins 2023
1,450
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.889.64
top 2.6%1,495 / 59,724
2×21.623.23
top 2.7%1,049 / 40,951
Skewb2.624.11
top 3.3%509 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed12.9918.74
top 4.4%642 / 15,683
Pyraminx3.596.13
top 5.8%1,501 / 28,708
Clock5.797.12
top 6.6%511 / 8,927
4×437.4846.33
top 9.2%1,378 / 19,072
5×51:24.161:35.33
top 22.5%1,742 / 9,401
Megaminx1:29.941:41.76
top 28.2%1,950 / 7,841
6×62:54.863:14.11
top 38.5%1,397 / 4,196
7×75:58.06—
top 67.2%2,039 / 3,184
Square-150.96—
early days — 2 solves5,097 / 6,743

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

Derby City Open 2019: 32.88Cubing For Kyle 2019: 27.46Rocky Top 2019: 16.17Rocky Top 2021: 11.66Buccaneer Bonanza 2022: 10.27Bluegrass Spring 2022: 9.24Cubing in the Ville 2022: 10.11Bluegrass Fall 2022: 11.16Rocky Top 2022: 8.50Music City Speedsolving 2023: 9.82Bluegrass Bash 2023: 9.77The Legacy Begins 2023: 7.88Kentucky Horse Park 2023: 8.71MoreHead-to-Head 2023: 8.20Central KY Nats Warm-Up 2023: 8.55Flex in Lex 2023: 8.11Going Fast in Franklin 2023: 8.06Music City Speedsolving Fall 2023: 8.18Somerset September 2023: 8.98Back To The Ville 2023: 8.46Cubing in Campbellsville 2023: 8.47Rocky Top 2023: 8.04Megamania in Louisville 2024: 11.27Moonbow Mega Kentucky 2024: 11.33Trains on Main La Grange 2024: 9.48Oldham County Cubing 2024: 9.20CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 8.08Flex in Lex 2024: 8.46Gallop in Kentucky Winter 2024: 8.43Oldham County Spring 2025: 8.40Cubing on the Hill KY 2025: 9.00Lexington Winter 2025: 7.917.8832.8816 Feb 201927 Dec 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Luke Garrett — met in 206 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
  • Evan Brown — met in 155 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
  • Alison Meador — met in 153 rounds, finished ahead 72 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.88 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.