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Taryn Stys

3×3 · top 39.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023STYS01

Taryn Stys has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.82, set at Colorado Springs Spring 2026, puts her in the top 39.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22,341st in the United States. Across 7 competitions since July 2023, she has put 59 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 31.90 in July 2023 to 19.82, a 38% improvement. Taryn has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 39.4% of 284,439 all-time
19.82
signature single · Colorado Springs Spring 2026
59
official solves on the record
21%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×319.8224.17
top 39.4%22,341 / 59,724
4×42:17.69
top 88.4%16,798 / 19,072
5×54:53.02
early days — 2 solves9,159 / 9,401
6×69:35.26
early days — 1 solve4,184 / 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

Don't Fall Off Pikes Peak 2023: 31.90Pretzel Mania Denver 2024: 21.83Pueblo Puzzling 2025: 23.25Colorado Springs Summer 2025: 20.03DeNxNver 2026: 20.41Colorado Springs Spring 2026: 19.82Rocky Mountain Championship 2026: 21.0219.8231.9015 Jul 202321 Aug 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.82 away.
  • A sub-2:00 4×4 single — 68,574 people have one; it is 17.69 away.

Targets move as she improves.