People · United States
Tilden Cornwell
3×3 · top 4.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025CORN05
Tilden Cornwell has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.62, set at Roswell Rumble Fall 2026, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,293rd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2025, he has put 226 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.69 in June 2025 to 8.62, a 65% improvement. Tilden 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 | 8.62 | 12.88 | top 4.0% | 2,293 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.10 | 3.82 | top 5.5% | 2,215 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 3.79 | 7.91 | top 9.5% | 1,480 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.01 | 8.70 | top 20.1% | 5,473 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 54.67 | 58.18 | top 30.4% | 4,842 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 1:34.74 | 2:05.87 | top 31.3% | 2,256 / 8,026 | |
| Clock | 12.38 | 15.59 | top 36.8% | 2,994 / 9,172 | |
| 5×5 | 1:42.36 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,008 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 46.54 | 53.54 | top 73.3% | 10,757 / 15,900 |
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
- 19 Sep 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.62 at Roswell Rumble Fall 2026.
- 27 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Atlanta Algs at AIS Autumn 2025.
- 7 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Concord Summer 2025.
- 16 Aug 2025First sub-20 3×3: 11.80 at East Cobb Summer 2025.
- 16 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 11.80 at East Cobb Summer 2025.
- 16 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at East Cobb Summer 2025.
Competitions
- GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2026 · 4 Oct 2026
- Roswell Rumble Fall 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Georgia Championship 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Atlanta Algs at AIS Autumn 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Concord Summer 2025 · 7 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- East Cobb Summer 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025 · 13 Jun 2025
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.
- Katie Hull — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniel Mullen — met in 50 rounds, never finished ahead
- Drake Denton Richard — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.