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TJ Kelly

Skewb · top 2.4% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017KELL10

TJ Kelly has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.36, set at Don't Turn SLOw Spring 2024, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 354th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 127 competitions since October 2017, he has put 2,858 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.65 in October 2017 to 9.56, a 78% improvement. TJ has entered 127 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 2.4% of 73,281 all-time
2.36
signature single · Don't Turn SLOw Spring 2024
2,858
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb2.363.65
top 2.4%354 / 18,907
3×39.5612.92
top 6.3%3,455 / 59,724
Pyraminx4.077.97
top 8.0%2,050 / 28,708
2×22.534.06
top 9.2%3,622 / 40,951
Megaminx1:08.241:18.57
top 14.6%989 / 7,841
4×443.1751.70
top 16.0%2,423 / 19,072
Square-115.2121.07
top 16.9%1,144 / 6,743
Clock9.0210.65
top 20.1%1,542 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed20.9826.09
top 23.2%2,976 / 15,683
5×51:32.031:45.35
top 29.0%2,277 / 9,401
6×63:02.703:32.10
top 42.4%1,558 / 4,196
3×3 blindfolded2:32.782:49.78
top 44.1%940 / 2,092
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves45.67
top 48.3%1,031 / 2,040
7×75:13.655:26.78
top 55.0%1,616 / 3,184
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 4 cubes · 27:55—
early days — 3 solves566 / 731

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

Maryland 2017: 42.65Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 20.75BarbeCubing 2018: 21.62Maryland 2018: 25.36SacCubing XI 2022: 19.48Bay Area Speedcubin' 31B - Mill Valley 2022: 17.21Berkeley Summer 2022: 17.57SacCubing XII 2022: 17.48WCC Western Championship 2022: 17.62Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022: 19.78Berkeley Winter A 2023: 15.76Oʻahu ʻOhana Cubing 2023: 18.33Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023: 17.31Cal Poly SLO Winter 2023: 14.33Berkeley Spring 2023: 15.30A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023: 16.84Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023: 17.50Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023: 17.25Bay Area Speedcubin' 46 Live - SSF 2023: 15.55Honolulu H-Perm Hōʻike 2023: 15.19Kailua-Kona Cubing 2023: 12.07Cal Poly SLO Spring 2023: 17.53Reno Summer 2023: 14.06Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023: 15.23CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 15.87CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 16.81Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023: 12.87Berkeley Summer 2023: 13.99Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023: 19.06SacCubing XV 2023: 23.43Ho'oholo in Honolulu 2023: 13.40Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023: 14.71Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 14.73Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023: 12.49Reno Mini 2023: 12.76Berkeley Fall 2023: 13.14Claws Up Winter 2023: 14.01Folsom Winter 2023: 13.79Reno Winter 2024: 13.44Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024: 13.75SacCubing XVI 2024: 13.46Honolulu Liʻiliʻi a ʻIke Maka 2024: 14.11Berkeley Winter 2024: 13.54Hawaiʻi Big Island Winter 2024: 14.72Davis Winter 2024: 13.63Reno Spring 2024: 14.50Don't Turn SLOw Spring 2024: 12.67Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024: 13.74Berkeley Spring 2024: 12.28Claws Up Final Touchdown 2024: 13.39Honolulu Kupulau 2024: 13.67Bay Area Speedcubin' 62 LIVE - SSF 2024: 14.51Reno Summer 2024: 11.37Berkeley Summer 2024: 12.37Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 13.55CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 11.72Hawaiʻi Big Island Summer 2024: 12.42Kailua Liʻi Pōʻakahi 2024: 10.80Davis Summer 2024: 13.58La La Land 2024: 12.80SacCubing XVIII 2024: 11.08Berkeley October Weekday Tricubealon 2024: 11.88Mahalo iā Maui 2024: 12.01Reno Fall 2024: 12.03Berkeley November Weekday Tricubealon 2024: 12.47Berkeley December Weekday Tricubealon 2024: 12.93Cubes Canes & Joy Vegas 2024: 12.11Rocklin Winter 2024: 12.95A Little Fun in Littleton Colorado 2025: 12.90Honolulu Hoʻoilo 2025: 12.90DeNxNver 2025: 12.48SacCubing XX 2025: 11.39SacMini 2025: 13.18Davis Summer 2025: 11.50Colorado Cubing Weekend 2025: 12.54UCSD Unofficial Events 2025: 9.56Oredigger Fall CO 2025: 21.273x3s in 303 Colorado 2025: 13.22DeNxNver 2026: 12.42Oredigger Open CO 2026: 12.69Unorthodox Blocks 5 CO 2026: 14.02Pi Day Cubing CO 2026: 11.65Wyominx 2026: 17.09Colorado Springs Spring 2026: 12.57Mesa County Mixup 2026: 15.40Cube Against Cancer Colorado 2026: 13.81Only Cubes in ABQ 2026: 11.93Longmont Open 2026: 12.05Bring the Heat AZ 2026: 13.14Pikes Peak PM 2026: 12.67Rocky Mountain Championship 2026: 14.299.5642.657 Oct 201721 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.