People · United States
Tim Kwartler
3×3 · top 3.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018KWAR03
Tim Kwartler has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.39, set at CubingUSA New England Championship 2024, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,030th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 39 competitions since November 2018, he has put 1,213 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.52 in November 2018 to 8.39, a 49% improvement. Tim has entered 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% 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 | 8.39 | 9.94 | top 3.5% | 2,030 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 32.59 | 40.99 | top 4.7% | 748 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.79 | 18.76 | top 7.8% | 1,045 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 2.60 | 4.15 | top 10.0% | 3,984 / 41,674 | |
| 5×5 | 1:14.66 | 1:20.16 | top 15.1% | 1,185 / 9,537 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.68 | 8.10 | top 17.7% | 4,768 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 5.01 | 7.34 | top 18.3% | 2,929 / 19,164 | |
| 6×6 | 2:46.38 | 2:58.06 | top 34.3% | 1,250 / 4,262 | |
| Clock | 12.03 | 18.31 | top 35.1% | 2,847 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 1:43.02 | 2:05.59 | top 36.6% | 2,669 / 8,026 | |
| Square-1 | 25.19 | 27.92 | top 39.7% | 2,610 / 6,846 | |
| 7×7 | 4:58.47 | 5:41.64 | top 50.2% | 1,491 / 3,236 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:16.69 | — | top 81.9% | 1,722 / 2,128 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 56 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,850 / 2,059 |
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
- 2 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at WPI Spring 2026.
- 23 Aug 2024Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New England Championship 2024.
- 12 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at Be Quick in Brunswick 2023.
- 1 Apr 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.94 at Cubing in Cambridge 2023.
- 24 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Quabbin Summer 2019.
- 26 Jul 2019Five personal bests in one day at Massachusetts Championship 2019.
Competitions
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2026 · 16 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- WPI Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing on Lake Cochituate 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Lexington Weeknights V 2025 · 11 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- WPI Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- The Battle of Lexington 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2024 · 23 Aug 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubing at the Y - Stoughton 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Maine Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Naticube 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- WPI Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Be Quick in Brunswick 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023
- Cubing in Cambridge 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pioneer Valley Cubing B 2023 · 22 Jan 2023
- Cubers Flood Watertown 2022 · 8 Oct 2022
- Granite State 2022 · 23 Jul 2022
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 · 7 Jul 2022
- Moose On The Loose Cubikon 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Saint John's Spring 2022 · 9 Apr 2022
- Empire State Winter A 2022 · 15 Jan 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Viking 2020 · 22 Feb 2020
- MIT Winter 2020 · 12 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- BA Four 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Burke Mountain Fall 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Providence Fall 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Quabbin Summer 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019
- Massachusetts Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Colonie Spring 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in Cambridge 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- The Battle of Lexington 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Empire State Spring 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Burke Mountain Cubing 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Salem Cube Trials 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Boston University Winter 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- The Battle of Lexington 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- BA Fall Cube Fest 2018 · 3 Nov 2018
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.
- Derek White — met in 197 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Will Russo — met in 160 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 158 rounds, finished ahead 83 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 2.59 away.
Targets move as he improves.