People · United States
Kyle Tierney
3×3 · top 1.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021TIER02
Kyle Tierney has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.02, set at North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2025, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 851st in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since December 2021, he has put 786 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.98 in December 2021 to 7.02, a 30% improvement. Kyle has entered 17 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.02 | 8.58 | top 1.4% | 851 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 32.22 | 36.62 | top 4.4% | 705 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.94 | 17.33 | top 6.1% | 857 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 2.24 | 3.53 | top 6.6% | 2,641 / 41,674 | |
| 5×5 | 1:07.93 | 1:17.30 | top 10.3% | 816 / 9,537 | |
| Skewb | 4.62 | 5.88 | top 15.4% | 2,444 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 8.67 | 9.93 | top 18.2% | 1,419 / 9,172 | |
| Square-1 | 18.37 | 24.18 | top 24.3% | 1,619 / 6,846 | |
| 7×7 | 4:26.13 | 4:41.67 | top 40.0% | 1,151 / 3,236 | |
| 6×6 | 3:01.66 | 3:06.18 | top 41.9% | 1,568 / 4,262 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.04 | 17.01 | top 78.0% | 23,467 / 29,168 |
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
- 30 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Fast in Fargo 2026.
- 20 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at North Star Cubing Challenge 2024.
- 6 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at FargoDome 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at North Star Cubing Challenge 2023.
- 8 Oct 2022Four personal bests in one day at Cubetcha 2022.
- 14 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at NxN Minnesota 2022.
Competitions
- Fast in Fargo 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Minnesota Meetup III Wednesday 2024 · 3 Jan 2024
- Race the Clock Minnesota 2023 · 30 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- NxN Minnesota 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Day 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- FargoDome 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Frozen Lake Minnesota 2023 · 11 Feb 2023
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Race the Clock Minnesota 2022 · 31 Dec 2022
- Cubetcha 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- NxN Minnesota 2022 · 14 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Day 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2022 · 5 Feb 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubetcha B 2021 · 5 Dec 2021 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Walker Welch — met in 139 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Tyler Johnson — met in 122 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Carter Kucala — met in 120 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.02 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 2.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.