People · Australia
Triston Nie
3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021NIET01
Triston Nie has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.20, set at Australian Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 306th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since January 2021, he has put 295 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.00 in January 2021 to 8.20, a 66% improvement. Triston has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.20 | 12.46 | top 3.1% | 306 / 11,709 | |
| 6×6 | 1:48.39 | 1:57.08 | top 6.6% | 43 / 641 | |
| 4×4 | 36.37 | 41.38 | top 8.0% | 206 / 3,051 | |
| 7×7 | 2:54.55 | 3:36.43 | top 9.1% | 39 / 523 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.80 | 1:15.88 | top 13.7% | 184 / 1,356 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.56 | 10.90 | top 16.8% | 822 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 5.06 | 5.29 | top 40.1% | 3,157 / 8,567 | |
| Skewb | 8.78 | 11.59 | top 46.9% | 1,476 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.08 | 48.18 | top 55.6% | 1,304 / 2,659 | |
| Clock | 20.52 | — | early days — 3 solves | 705 / 1,095 | |
| Megaminx | 3:19.12 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,092 / 1,277 |
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
- 2 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.20 at Australian Nationals 2025.
- 2 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2025.
- 24 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2025.
- 19 Dec 2024Five personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024.
- 27 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Perth Winter 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at Murdoch University Open 2024.
Competitions
- Adelaide Summer 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2025 · 2 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024 · 19 Dec 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Perth Winter 2024 · 27 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Murdoch University Open 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2023 · 28 Sep 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2022 · 30 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Showground Showdown 2021 · 30 Jan 2021
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.
- Jaxon Foster — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jonathan Charlesworth — met in 59 rounds, never finished ahead
- Taylor Tu-Nie — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 55 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-1:30 6×6 single — 336 people have one; it is 18.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.