People · United Kingdom
Tristan Penson
3×3 · top 58.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2009 · 2009PENS02
Tristan Penson has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.84, set at MIT Fall 2010, puts him in the top 58.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,192nd in the United Kingdom. Across 7 competitions since November 2009, he has put 97 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.90 in November 2009 to 27.84, a 25% 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 Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 27.84 | 45.27 | top 58.6% | 4,192 / 6,785 | |
| 2×2 | 8.44 | 12.66 | top 70.5% | 3,658 / 4,946 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.83 | 25.37 | top 72.0% | 2,848 / 3,704 | |
| 4×4 | 3:23.96 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,105 / 2,112 | |
| 5×5 | 5:43.36 | — | top 98.3% | 1,169 / 1,167 |
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
- 13 Nov 2010First sub-30 3×3: 27.84 at MIT Fall 2010.
- 13 Nov 2010Four personal bests in one day at MIT Fall 2010.
- 12 Dec 2009Three personal bests in one day at Brown Cubing Day 2009.
- 14 Nov 2009First competition: MIT Fall 2009. A 36.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Harvard Fall 2011 · 22 Oct 2011
- Harvard Spring 2011 · 2 Apr 2011 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Fall 2010 · 13 Nov 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- Long Island 2010 · 21 Aug 2010 — 1 personal best set
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010
- Brown Cubing Day 2009 · 12 Dec 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- MIT Fall 2009 · 14 Nov 2009
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.
- Tim Reynolds — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Jaclyn Sawler — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Bob Burton — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 151,957 people have one; it is 2.84 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 128,257 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.