People · United States
Theo Chester
Pyraminx · top 5.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024CHES03
Theo Chester has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.44, set at Minnesota Championship 2025, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,364th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2024, he has put 250 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.36 in August 2024 to 14.17, a 23% improvement. Theo has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.44 | 7.42 | top 5.2% | 1,364 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 3.52 | 7.16 | top 7.9% | 1,222 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 2.71 | 4.55 | top 11.0% | 4,349 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 14.17 | 15.43 | top 21.6% | 11,655 / 59,724 | |
| Megaminx | 1:26.24 | 1:31.00 | top 25.8% | 1,774 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 50.94 | 58.26 | top 25.9% | 3,980 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:00.24 | 2:28.40 | top 49.4% | 4,142 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 50.00 | 52.62 | top 76.1% | 5,034 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.17 at Cubetcha MN 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Cubetcha MN 2025.
- 30 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Minnesota Championship 2024.
- 1 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Rosemount Side Events 2024.
- 12 Aug 2024First competition: Minnesota Meetup IV Monday 2024. A 18.36 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Minnesota Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubetcha MN 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Minnesota Championship 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubetcha MN 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rosemount Side Events 2024 · 1 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Minnesota Meetup IV Monday 2024 · 12 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Kaius Young — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Nathan Rahn — met in 53 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lisa Kucala — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.