People · United States
Tess Weinstock
3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023WEIN10
Tess Weinstock has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.78, set at Deerfield MA Summer 2026, puts her in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,432nd in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since July 2023, she has put 606 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 19.42 in July 2023 to 8.78, a 55% improvement. Tess has entered 30 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 | 8.78 | 11.88 | top 4.4% | 2,432 / 59,724 | |
| Megaminx | 1:01.45 | 1:08.73 | top 10.8% | 732 / 7,841 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.67 | 7.29 | top 11.2% | 2,922 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.24 | 1:31.57 | top 18.5% | 1,429 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 46.53 | 54.14 | top 20.2% | 3,071 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.08 | 25.16 | top 23.5% | 3,009 / 15,683 | |
| 7×7 | 3:51.12 | 4:08.18 | top 27.6% | 780 / 3,184 | |
| 6×6 | 2:37.32 | 2:48.50 | top 29.3% | 1,034 / 4,196 |
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 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.78 at Deerfield MA Summer 2026.
- 31 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at New York New Year 2025.
- 1 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New England Championship 2025.
- 29 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at QuabbiNxN Fall 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Brookline Favorites 2024.
- 23 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New England Championship 2024.
Competitions
- Brookline Favorites IV 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Deerfield MA Summer 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hampton Beach Summer 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Run & Cube 5K Cubikon NH 2026 · 15 Jul 2026
- Maine Open 2026 · 19 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- WPI Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Wakefield MA Spring 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UMass Spring 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- New York New Year 2025 · 31 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- New Hampshire Championship 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ocean State Cubikon 2025 · 28 Sep 2025
- Brookline Favorites III 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Lexington Weeknights II 2025 · 16 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Weeknights I 2025 · 2 Jun 2025
- Woburn Spring 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at Hampton Beach 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ashfield Winter Open 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Quick in Quincy 2024 · 27 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- QuabbiNxN Fall 2024 · 29 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Brookline Favorites 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2024 · 23 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- QuabbiNxN 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Saint John's Showdown 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- WPI Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 2024
- The Battle of Lexington 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Quick in Quincy 2023 · 16 Jul 2023 — 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 her.
- Derek White — met in 102 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Elijah Rain Phelps — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Will Russo — met in 79 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,483 people have one; it is 1.45 away.
Targets move as she improves.