People · United States
Tristan Starosto
2×2 · top 6.0% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023STAR11
Tristan Starosto has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.17, set at Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2024, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,437th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since September 2023, he has put 176 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.50 in September 2023 to 11.82, a 45% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.17 | 4.22 | top 6.0% | 2,437 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 3.44 | 5.41 | top 7.4% | 1,161 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 11.82 | 15.16 | top 13.3% | 7,233 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.79 | 9.66 | top 18.5% | 4,997 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 13.83 | 19.79 | top 43.1% | 3,545 / 9,172 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.73 | 1:18.17 | top 44.7% | 7,510 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 32.88 | 46.30 | top 54.9% | 3,672 / 6,846 | |
| 5×5 | 2:12.67 | 2:18.55 | top 57.1% | 4,922 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.01 | 37.83 | top 59.2% | 8,391 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 2:26.88 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,611 / 8,026 |
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
- 17 Feb 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.72 at Eastwood Cubing 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024Five personal bests in one day at Eastwood Cubing 2024.
- 20 Oct 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.88 at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023.
- 23 Sep 2023First competition: Bulldog Fall 2023. A 21.50 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Green Winter 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Barberton Mini 7 2025 · 10 Feb 2025
- Green Spring 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Eastwood Cubing 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bulldog Fall 2023 · 23 Sep 2023
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.
- Sean Cutshaw — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zachary Garber — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Jack Bohning — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.