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Tristan Steeves

2×2 · top 5.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016STEE01

Tristan Steeves has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.04, set at Denver Back to School 2019, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,003rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since January 2016, he has put 777 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.18 in January 2016 to 13.28, a 43% improvement. Tristan has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.04
signature single · Denver Back to School 2019
777
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.044.54
top 5.0%2,003 / 40,951
Pyraminx3.696.91
top 6.2%1,600 / 28,708
Skewb4.015.73
top 11.0%1,692 / 18,907
3×313.2815.31
top 18.4%9,863 / 59,724
Square-116.7331.11
top 20.3%1,366 / 6,743
4×454.711:01.47
top 30.4%4,778 / 19,072
Megaminx1:38.921:43.66
top 34.0%2,414 / 7,841
Clock13.5817.16
top 42.1%3,372 / 8,927
5×51:51.682:00.16
top 43.8%3,590 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed29.3035.12
top 45.0%6,090 / 15,683
3×3 blindfolded3:02.89—
top 53.3%1,130 / 2,092
6×64:07.224:19.40
top 67.8%2,645 / 4,196
7×76:43.67—
early days — 3 solves2,410 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves—
early days — 2 solves1,618 / 2,040
5×5 blindfolded29:56.00—
early days — 1 solve192 / 218

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

Rocky Mountain Winter 2016: 23.18Albuquerque Spring 2016: 14.77Lawrence Fall 2016: 16.25Longmont Cube Open 2017: 16.161 Body Cubing 2017: 13.90Longmont Summer 2017: 14.08Utah Speedcube Speedoff 2017: 15.48Veterans Day Open 2017: 14.97Colorado Qualifier 2018: 14.35CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 16.66Pueblo Open 2018: 13.32Garrettsville G-Men Classic 2019: 16.76Derby City Open 2019: 14.83Rocky Mountain Spring 2019: 14.78Colorado Qualifier 2019: 15.37Pikes Peak 2019: 16.71Denver Back to School 2019: 16.52Veterans Day Open 2019: 13.28Colorado Springs Winter 2020: 20.12Olde Town Parker 2020: 15.2813.2823.189 Jan 201615 Feb 2020

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.

  • Alex Walker — met in 129 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
  • Dylan Hughlett — met in 106 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • AJ Blair — met in 102 rounds, finished ahead 5 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.