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Tristan Yoo

3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014YOOT01

Tristan Yoo has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.12, set at Berkeley Fall 2018, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,869th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since November 2014, he has put 574 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.81 in November 2014 to 9.12, a 34% improvement. Tristan has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time
9.12
signature single · Berkeley Fall 2018
574
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.1211.60
top 5.1%2,869 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed17.0220.90
top 12.6%1,635 / 15,683
2×22.965.06
top 13.8%9,788 / 40,951
4×442.8652.92
top 15.6%2,359 / 19,072
5×51:15.661:30.46
top 15.8%1,226 / 9,401
Square-119.2921.87
top 26.3%1,723 / 6,743
Skewb8.0111.48
top 41.3%7,187 / 18,907
6×63:12.403:16.20
top 47.0%1,757 / 4,196
7×75:07.015:29.31
top 52.8%1,545 / 3,184
Pyraminx10.2012.18
top 54.6%15,936 / 28,708
Megaminx2:36.78—
top 64.5%4,918 / 7,841
3×3 blindfolded4:30.07—
early days — 2 solves1,547 / 2,092
Clock38.86—
early days — 1 solve8,302 / 8,927

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

Caltech Fall Open 2014: 13.81Newport Winter Open 2014: 14.80Orange Coast Puzzle Meet 2015: 11.59San Diego Summer Splash 2015: 13.19Caltech Fall 2015: 13.74TFTI San Diego 2016: 12.472FTI San Diego 2016: 11.99TF3I San Diego 2017: 10.52Poly Cubed 2017: 11.09Thanks Four The Invite 2018: 11.99Berkeley Summer 2018: 10.60Berkeley Fall 2018: 9.12Bay Area Speedcubin' 14 2019: 10.04Berkeley Spring 2019: 10.55CubingUSA Western Championship 2019: 11.05Berkeley Summer 2019: 10.67Berkeley Fall 2019: 11.78Bay Area Speedcubin' 21 2019: 12.11Bay Area Speedcubin' 24 2020: 10.90WCC Western Championship 2022: 10.879.1214.808 Nov 20147 Oct 2022

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.