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Tim Rinehart

2×2 · top 0.58% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016RINE02

Tim Rinehart has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.01, set at Gobbler Cube Day Winter 2019, puts him in the top 0.58% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 240th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since August 2016, he has put 971 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.26 in August 2016 to 7.29, a 52% improvement. Tim has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.58% of 186,767 all-time
1.01
signature single · Gobbler Cube Day Winter 2019
971
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.013.70
top 0.58%240 / 40,951
3×37.299.10
top 1.7%1,019 / 59,724
4×434.8039.38
top 6.5%1,010 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed15.4319.39
top 9.0%1,198 / 15,683
Pyraminx4.717.03
top 11.5%2,982 / 28,708
Skewb4.717.58
top 16.0%2,518 / 18,907
5×51:20.321:25.26
top 19.4%1,516 / 9,401
Clock9.5610.35
top 22.9%1,758 / 8,927
Megaminx1:32.341:46.71
top 29.7%2,083 / 7,841
Square-123.5232.74
top 35.9%2,328 / 6,743
6×64:19.605:08.61
top 71.6%2,828 / 4,196
3×3 blindfolded4:45.02—
top 77.1%1,595 / 2,092
7×77:03.94—
top 80.8%2,536 / 3,184

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

Discovery Place 2016: 15.26Crossroads Cubing 2017: 13.44Hendersonville Spring 2017: 10.94Crossroads Cubing Spring 2017: 10.96CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 12.41Hendersonville Fall 2017: 10.65Gobbler Cube Day 2017: 9.57Raleigh Rubik's Rally 2017: 9.72Hendersonville Winter 2018: 7.29Charleston Spring 2018: 8.99Wolfpack Quiet Qualifier 2018: 9.12Carolina Season Starter 2018: 8.60Gobbler Cube Day Winter 2019: 8.03Cape Fear Cubing 2019: 7.65Scuppernong Spectacular 2019: 8.53Charlotte Winter 2020: 8.22Houston Spring Side Events 2023: 9.29Turning at Tompkins Spring 2024: 9.10Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025: 9.10McMinnville Favorites 2026: 9.797.2915.2613 Aug 20167 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.

  • Jacob Ambrose — met in 158 rounds, finished ahead 48 times
  • Katie Hull — met in 128 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
  • Carson Claud — met in 115 rounds, finished ahead 61 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.29 away.

Targets move as he improves.