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Mark Tyan

Skewb · top 21.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023TYAN01

Mark Tyan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 5.46, set at UBC Side Events 2023, puts him in the top 21.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 504th in Canada. Across 5 competitions since February 2023, he has put 73 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.49 in May 2023 to 18.24, a 19% improvement. Mark has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 21.7% of 73,281 all-time
5.46
signature single · UBC Side Events 2023
73
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
Skewb5.4613.93
top 21.7%504 / 2,907
2×24.595.56
top 34.1%2,340 / 7,173
3×318.2420.17
top 34.8%3,423 / 10,392
Square-126.9454.99
top 43.4%381 / 952
4×41:36.64
top 68.4%1,959 / 3,118
Pyraminx12.5116.73
top 70.2%3,475 / 4,858
3×3 one-handed44.671:26.06
top 71.2%1,722 / 2,620

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

BC Spring Solving A 2023: 22.49Richmond Summer Open 2023: 23.91Cubing Around Metrotown 2023: 18.24Richmond Rumble 2024: 18.5218.2423.9121 May 202313 Apr 2024

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.

  • Vianne Chang — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Rob Neufeld — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Luke Zhang — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 5 times

Next targets

  • A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.