People · United States
Jayden Tien
3×3 · top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024TIEN05
Jayden Tien has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.71, set at Rock-Cube-Lin Qualifier 2025, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,653rd in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2024, he has put 199 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.66 in September 2024 to 9.71, a 51% improvement. Jayden has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.71 | 13.20 | top 6.7% | 3,653 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.47 | 7.84 | top 16.2% | 4,309 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 8.22 | 9.25 | top 16.3% | 1,245 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 3.20 | 3.75 | top 16.6% | 6,516 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 4.88 | 8.55 | top 17.2% | 2,729 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.80 | 28.14 | top 22.7% | 2,911 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 59.07 | 1:06.29 | top 35.5% | 5,713 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:12.17 | 2:30.12 | top 56.6% | 4,810 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 3:33.67 | — | top 84.5% | 6,749 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 5:55.79 | 6:31.13 | early days — 3 solves | 3,749 / 4,196 |
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
- 27 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.71 at Rock-Cube-Lin Qualifier 2025.
- 19 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.05 at SacCubing XIX 2025.
- 19 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at SacCubing XIX 2025.
- 14 Sep 2024First competition: SacCubing XVIII 2024. A 19.98 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Davis Big Summer 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XXI 2025 · 28 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Summer 2025 · 2 Aug 2025
- Rock-Cube-Lin Qualifier 2025 · 27 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Davis Spring 2025 · 6 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing XIX 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Davis Fall 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XVIII 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Sebastian Stone — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zack Johnson — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 13 times · head to head
- Bowen Deng (邓博文) — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.