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Tristan Wu

3×3 · top 32.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023WUTR01

Tristan Wu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.44, set at UMBC Fall 2024, puts him in the top 32.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,952nd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since February 2023, he has put 59 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.69 in February 2023 to 17.44, a 39% improvement. Tristan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 32.4% of 284,439 all-time
17.44
signature single · UMBC Fall 2024
59
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.4421.81
top 32.4%17,952 / 59,724
Pyraminx10.1013.64
top 53.8%15,698 / 28,708
2×29.0814.02
top 73.9%30,563 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed55.631:03.16
top 81.2%12,065 / 15,683

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

Pretzel Mania 2023: 28.69Slow N Steady Spring 2023: 28.12Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023: 31.06CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 27.17UMBC Fall 2024: 17.4417.4431.0625 Feb 202321 Sep 2024

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.44 away.
  • A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 0.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.