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Kyler Smith

3×3 · top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016SMIT32

Kyler Smith has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.68, set at Rocky Top 2022, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,316th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since October 2016, he has put 1,030 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.39 in October 2016 to 8.68, a 72% improvement. Kyler has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time
8.68
signature single · Rocky Top 2022
1,030
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.6810.75
top 4.1%2,316 / 59,724
2×22.013.57
top 4.8%1,927 / 40,951
Pyraminx3.384.55
top 5.0%1,301 / 28,708
4×435.2240.87
top 6.9%1,070 / 19,072
Skewb3.467.52
top 7.5%1,160 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed17.4822.58
top 13.8%1,786 / 15,683
5×51:16.141:26.35
top 16.2%1,258 / 9,401
Clock8.5910.39
top 17.9%1,373 / 8,927
Megaminx1:33.801:38.60
top 30.6%2,150 / 7,841
6×62:45.153:03.35
top 33.5%1,199 / 4,196
3×3 blindfolded3:00.10—
top 52.4%1,111 / 2,092
Square-149.971:23.62
top 76.1%5,032 / 6,743
7×77:00.58—
early days — 1 solve2,521 / 3,184
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 4 cubes · 33:05—
early days — 1 solve708 / 731

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

Athens Fall Late Night 2016: 31.39Unionville Open Spring 2017: 18.24Hendersonville Spring 2017: 22.25Crossroads Cubing Spring 2017: 16.69Hendersonville Fall 2017: 15.61Gobbler Cube Day 2017: 14.03Wolfpack Winter 2018: 11.87Hendersonville Winter 2018: 12.69Fruit Salad 2018: 12.33Wolfpack Quiet Qualifier 2018: 10.94Carolina Cubers United 2018: 11.53Crossroads Cubing 2018: 11.49GA Cubers Summer Blast 2018: 11.39CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 12.48Carolina Season Starter 2018: 10.69Cape Fear Cubing 2019: 9.51Rocky The Ram Cubes 2019: 10.11CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022: 9.88Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2022: 10.80Rocky Top 2022: 8.68Cubing in the Clouds 2023: 9.73Georgia Championship 2026: 10.05NxN Nonsense NC 2026: 9.41NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026: 9.808.6831.398 Oct 20168 Mar 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.