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Tristen James Connell

2×2 · top 22.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018CONN02

Tristen James Connell has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.69, set at West Branch Summer 2019, puts him in the top 22.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,862nd in the United States. Across 6 competitions since June 2018, he has put 83 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.55 in June 2018 to 18.02, a 48% improvement. Tristen has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 22.6% of 186,767 all-time
3.69
signature single · West Branch Summer 2019
83
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.6910.88
top 22.6%8,862 / 40,951
3×318.0223.99
top 34.2%19,041 / 59,724
Megaminx2:18.31
early days — 2 solves4,163 / 7,841
Pyraminx10.7616.04
top 58.8%17,232 / 28,708
4×41:51.84
early days — 3 solves14,320 / 19,072
Skewb20.3422.88
top 90.1%17,373 / 18,907

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

Central Arkansas Summer 2018: 34.55Razorback Fall 2018: 30.97BarbeCubing Fall 2018: 32.85Derby City Open 2019: 26.98West Branch Summer 2019: 18.02Cubing Peoria 2020: 18.1518.0234.5530 Jun 201816 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.