People · Australia
Triston Nie
3×3 · top 3.2% of 288,433 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 3.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 309th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since January 2021, he has put 320 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 36,406 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 ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 3.2% | 309 / 11,943 | |
| 6×6 | 1:48.39 | 1:57.08 | top 6.7% | 44 / 667 | |
| 4×4 | 36.37 | 41.38 | top 8.1% | 210 / 3,108 | |
| 7×7 | 2:54.55 | 3:07.12 | top 9.1% | 40 / 540 | |
| 5×5 | 1:08.03 | 1:14.50 | top 10.4% | 147 / 1,412 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.56 | 10.90 | top 16.9% | 830 / 6,109 | |
| 2×2 | 5.06 | 5.29 | top 40.1% | 3,220 / 8,727 | |
| Skewb | 8.78 | 11.59 | top 47.0% | 1,504 / 3,589 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.08 | 48.18 | top 55.7% | 1,314 / 2,685 | |
| Clock | 18.22 | 21.34 | top 59.5% | 654 / 1,159 | |
| Megaminx | 3:19.12 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,120 / 1,313 |
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
- Take Your Time Brisbane 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- 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.
- Taylor Tu-Nie — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 59 times · head to head
- Jaxon Foster — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jonathan Charlesworth — met in 59 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-1:30 6×6 single — 346 people have one; it is 18.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.