People · United States
Erik Tifft
2×2 · top 15.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022TIFF01
Erik Tifft has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.08, set at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026, puts him in the top 15.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,047th in the United States. Across 16 competitions since July 2022, he has put 465 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.07 in July 2022 to 13.24, a 43% improvement. Erik has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.08 | 4.01 | top 15.2% | 6,047 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 8.68 | 10.44 | top 18.3% | 1,423 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 | 13.24 | 16.93 | top 18.4% | 9,963 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.96 | 8.45 | top 19.7% | 5,354 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 50.69 | 1:01.09 | top 25.7% | 4,003 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 6.83 | 8.87 | top 32.4% | 5,485 / 19,164 | |
| Square-1 | 26.73 | 35.73 | top 43.0% | 2,828 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 46.28 | 56.65 | top 73.1% | 10,710 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 2:58.06 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,105 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 3:37.46 | 4:26.41 | top 85.5% | 6,988 / 8,026 | |
| 6×6 | 7:08.69 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,066 / 4,262 |
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
- 13 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.24 at ODU Big Blue Open 2025.
- 13 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at ODU Big Blue Open 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 10 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2023.
- 3 Jun 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.13 at Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023.
- 3 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Colonial Cube Clash VA 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Williamsburg Open Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Beach Fall 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
- ODU Big Blue Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Virginia Championship 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Colonial Cube Clash VA Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Winter 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Virginia Beach Fall 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Richmond Spring 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Virginia Beach Spring 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Parla Open 2022 · 9 Jul 2022
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.
- Griffin Kim — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ledger Ramirez — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Charles Jerome — met in 74 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-8 Clock single — 4,962 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.