People · United States
Tristan Alvarez
2×2 · top 5.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022ALVA17
Tristan Alvarez has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.09, set at Fall River Cubikon 2024, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,178th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since November 2022, he has put 141 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.06 in November 2022 to 16.79, a 12% improvement. Tristan has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.09 | 5.47 | top 5.4% | 2,178 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.76 | 16.90 | top 11.7% | 3,101 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 5.52 | 10.61 | top 22.2% | 3,574 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 16.79 | 19.99 | top 30.5% | 17,003 / 60,666 | |
| Clock | 23.06 | 28.13 | top 72.6% | 6,466 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 48.22 | 57.32 | top 75.1% | 11,047 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:51.11 | — | early days — 2 solves | 14,438 / 19,354 |
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
- 4 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at Fall River Cubikon 2024.
- 7 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New England Championship 2023.
- 5 Nov 2022First competition: Empire State Fall 2022. A 19.06 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Fall River Cubikon 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Northampton Fall A 2023 · 4 Nov 2023
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- South Deerfield Side Events 2023 · 30 Sep 2023
- Mystic Cubikon 2023 · 20 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Northampton Winter A 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pioneer Valley Cubing A 2023 · 21 Jan 2023
- Empire State Fall 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
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.
- Jacob Schwartz — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ryan Durette — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.