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Torbin Kittleson

3×3 · top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2014 · 2014KITT01

Torbin Kittleson has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.82, set at Wiscube 2016, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,481st in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since September 2014, he has put 104 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.94 in September 2014 to 8.82, a 62% improvement. Torbin has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.5% of 284,439 all-time
8.82
signature single · Wiscube 2016
104
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.8210.56
top 4.5%2,481 / 59,724
2×22.925.41
top 13.3%5,240 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed21.4126.60
top 24.3%3,132 / 15,683
Megaminx2:05.872:15.30
top 49.1%3,649 / 7,841
Skewb10.1210.33
top 55.7%10,116 / 18,907
5×52:44.602:56.58
top 72.4%6,411 / 9,401

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

Wiscube 2014: 22.94Field of Cubes 2015: 13.64Clock N' Stuff 2015: 13.34Wiscube 2nd Edition 2015: 10.30Wiscube 2016: 8.823x3 in Madison 2026: 10.958.8222.946 Sep 20148 May 2026

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.