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Tristan Connor Smith
Clock · top 4.5% of 32,817 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025SMIT15
Tristan Connor Smith has been competing for a year. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 5.03, set at Astana Spring 2026, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 365th in the United States. Until April 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2025, he has put 287 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.97 in March 2025 to 9.80, an 18% improvement. Tristan 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 5.03 | 7.30 | top 4.5% | 365 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 | 9.80 | 11.51 | top 6.9% | 3,856 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.45 | 3.25 | top 8.5% | 3,379 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 39.50 | 42.98 | top 11.6% | 1,741 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:11.61 | 1:24.26 | top 12.9% | 1,001 / 9,537 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.52 | 9.27 | top 24.0% | 6,633 / 29,168 | |
| 6×6 | 2:40.56 | 2:51.03 | top 31.1% | 1,116 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 4:03.55 | 4:24.13 | top 32.2% | 912 / 3,236 | |
| Megaminx | 1:47.39 | — | top 39.0% | 2,872 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.46 | 37.30 | top 54.4% | 7,657 / 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
- 16 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Astana Spring 2026.
- 14 Mar 2026Four personal bests in one day at Help Danelia Cubing Kazakhstan 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.86 at Astana Open 2025.
- 29 Nov 2025Five personal bests in one day at Astana Open 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025First competition: Astana Spring 2025. A 12.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Astana Spring 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Haileybury Astana Open 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Help Danelia Cubing Kazakhstan 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Astana Open 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Summer 2025 · 26 Jul 2025
- QBERS League In Astana 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Astana Spring 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 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.
- Damir Zhanataev — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Alisher Kurmash — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Damir Issakov — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,444 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.