People · United States
Tristan Caltagirone
3×3 · top 8.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022CALT01
Tristan Caltagirone has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.32, set at Houston Back to School 2025, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,716th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2022, he has put 145 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.07 in November 2022 to 10.32, a 43% improvement. Tristan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 10.32 | 11.65 | top 8.5% | 4,716 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 42.25 | 47.32 | top 14.9% | 2,257 / 19,354 | |
| 2×2 | 3.59 | 4.59 | top 21.4% | 8,468 / 41,674 | |
| 5×5 | 1:38.23 | 1:45.26 | top 34.1% | 2,747 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 2:58.53 | 3:12.98 | early days — 3 solves | 1,496 / 4,262 | |
| Skewb | 7.91 | 9.45 | top 40.7% | 7,131 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 1:57.71 | 2:03.83 | top 44.6% | 3,342 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.31 | 33.57 | top 45.1% | 6,187 / 15,900 |
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
- 9 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Houston Back to School 2025.
- 22 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023.
- 26 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cedar Park Winter 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.06 at Cubing For Water Winter 2023.
- 5 Nov 2022First competition: Houston Fall 2022. A 18.07 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Houston Back to School 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023 · 22 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Cedar Park Winter 2023 · 26 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing For Water Winter 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Houston 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.
- Tej Aliota — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- RJ Gohn — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead once
- Joseph Chii — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 2.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.