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Tristan Ford

Skewb · top 1.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022FORD05

Tristan Ford has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.98, set at Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7th in South Africa. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since August 2022, he has put 1,051 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.59 in August 2022 to 9.43, a 54% improvement. Tristan has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 1.3% of 73,281 all-time
1.98
signature single · Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024
1,051
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
Skewb1.983.45
top 1.3%7 / 438
2×21.773.84
top 3.4%30 / 1,510
3×39.4312.61
top 5.9%55 / 2,164
Pyraminx3.896.40
top 7.1%51 / 946
3×3 blindfolded1:02.142:13.69
top 13.7%7 / 53
Clock7.728.99
top 13.8%18 / 148
3×3 one-handed17.6624.61
top 14.2%37 / 467
Megaminx1:10.201:21.12
top 15.7%22 / 266
Square-115.7120.27
top 18.1%19 / 118
4×445.0453.35
top 18.4%52 / 491
5×51:53.811:58.36
top 45.2%73 / 221
4×4 blindfolded8:27.96—
top 47.5%8 / 15
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 4 cubes · 13:11—
top 66.6%16 / 27

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

Green School Paarl Open 2022: 20.59Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022: 14.51CubingZA Cape Cubes Summer 2023: 15.82CubingZA Cape Cubes Autumn 2023: 15.52CubingZA National Championship 2023: 11.89CubingZA Cape Cubes Spring 2023: 10.39CubingZA Cape Cubes Challenge 2023: 9.43Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024: 10.46Qualifying in Kirstenhof 2024: 11.66Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024: 12.85Beginner and Blind Cape Town 2024: 11.51Cape Cubes Challenge 2024: 10.19Puzzles in Pinehurst 2025: 11.74Newcomers Cape Cube-Fest 2025: 11.06Cape Cubes Winter 2025: 11.44Cubestuff Grand Challenge Cape Town 2025: 11.739.4320.5928 Aug 20226 Dec 2025

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-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.