People · United States
Teller Coates
3×3 one-handed · top 14.7% of 73,695 all-time · competing since June 2010 · 2010COAT01
Teller Coates has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 17.88, set at Country Roads Huntington 2024, puts him in the top 14.7% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,916th in the United States. Across 25 competitions since June 2010, he has put 435 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.25 in June 2010 to 12.58, a 35% improvement. Teller has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% 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 | 17.88 | 22.73 | top 14.7% | 1,916 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 | 12.58 | 13.92 | top 15.9% | 8,542 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 59.31 | 1:08.22 | top 35.7% | 5,759 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:29.59 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,272 / 2,092 |
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
- 22 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at ODU Big Blue Spring 2023.
- 7 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at Pittsburgh Fall 2019.
- 2 Jun 2012First sub-15 3×3: 14.22 at New Albany 2012.
- 16 Oct 2010Three personal bests in one day at Virginia Open 2010.
- 13 Jun 2010First competition: Washington DC Spring 2010. A 22.55 3×3 single to start from.
- 13 Jun 2010First sub-20 3×3: 19.25 at Washington DC Spring 2010.
Competitions
- Tartan Twist PA 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Presidential Puzzles in PA 2026 · 16 May 2026
- Grand Central Cubing WV 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Williamsburg Open Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- New Martinsville Newcomers 2026 · 28 Feb 2026
- Cubes in the Mountains WV 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Country Roads Huntington 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Harmony El Paso Cubing 2023 · 2 Dec 2023
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Pittsburgh Summer B 2022 · 14 Aug 2022
- Country Roads Huntington 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Pittsburgh Fall 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Pittsburgh Summer 2019 · 15 Jun 2019
- Pittsburgh Spring 2019 · 9 Mar 2019
- Pittsburgh Open 2018 · 8 Dec 2018
- Carnegie Mellon Fall 2013 · 23 Nov 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- New Albany 2013 · 15 Jun 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Carnegie Mellon Spring 2013 · 11 May 2013
- Carnegie Mellon Fall 2012 · 8 Dec 2012
- Battle of Appalachia 2012 · 15 Sep 2012
- New Albany 2012 · 2 Jun 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Appalachia 2011 · 17 Sep 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Washington DC Winter 2011 · 19 Feb 2011
- Virginia Open 2010 · 16 Oct 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- Washington DC Spring 2010 · 13 Jun 2010 — 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.
- Evan Liu — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Corey Sakowski — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Mark Gowman — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.88 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
Targets move as he improves.