People · United States
Tristan Martin
3×3 · top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019MART79
Tristan Martin has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.99, set at Hancock County Spring 2026, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,598th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since December 2019, he has put 450 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.78 in December 2019 to 7.99, a 37% improvement. Tristan has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 7.99 | 9.64 | top 2.8% | 1,598 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.14 | 3.41 | top 5.7% | 2,292 / 40,951 | |
| Megaminx | 56.07 | 1:03.06 | top 7.9% | 554 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 36.67 | 39.33 | top 8.3% | 1,258 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 14.86 | 19.56 | top 16.1% | 1,090 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:14.45 | — | top 17.6% | 336 / 2,092 | |
| Skewb | 5.01 | 6.47 | top 18.2% | 2,892 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.65 | 1:27.52 | top 19.6% | 1,536 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.84 | 22.67 | top 20.1% | 2,580 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 9.08 | 11.29 | top 20.4% | 1,567 / 8,927 | |
| 6×6 | 2:34.49 | 2:41.74 | top 27.9% | 989 / 4,196 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.05 | 8.21 | top 28.3% | 7,796 / 28,708 | |
| 7×7 | 4:30.09 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,173 / 3,184 |
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
- 26 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Hancock County Spring 2026.
- 23 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in Terredise 2025.
- 20 Oct 2023Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023.
- 3 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.96 at Fort Wayne Favorites 2023.
- 3 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Fort Wayne Favorites 2023.
- 14 Dec 2019First competition: Indianapolis Cubes Winter 2019. A 14.15 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026 · 5 Jun 2026
- Hancock County Spring 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing in Terredise 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Minxville Indiana 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Fun in Muncie 2025 · 31 May 2025
- Nimble Hands in Noblesville 2024 · 21 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Fort Wayne Favorites 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Little Giant Open 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Indianapolis Cubes Winter 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best 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.
- Luke Garrett — met in 91 rounds, never finished ahead
- Thamaneeswar Sathesh Kumar — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Lucy Grace Bryson — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.99 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.