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TJ Leing

Megaminx · top 2.4% of 34,786 all-time · competing since July 2009 · 2009LEIN01

TJ Leing has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 43.00, set at Northwest Championship 2026, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 177th in the United States. Until April 2011, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since July 2009, he has put 313 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:00.58 in July 2009 to 9.90, an 84% improvement. TJ has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 2.4% of 34,786 all-time
43.00
signature single · Northwest Championship 2026
313
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Megaminx43.0049.84
top 2.4%177 / 7,841
3×39.9011.13
top 7.2%3,946 / 59,724
5×51:17.771:26.74
top 17.4%1,352 / 9,401
2×23.314.99
top 17.9%7,011 / 40,951
6×62:17.772:28.28
top 19.4%685 / 4,196
7×73:33.993:47.84
top 21.2%600 / 3,184
4×448.0357.97
top 22.2%3,360 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed21.9327.35
top 25.8%3,333 / 15,683
Skewb7.509.78
top 37.5%6,398 / 18,907
Clock16.3918.93
top 53.3%4,390 / 8,927
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 26:52—
early days — 1 solve432 / 731
Square-136.6347.56
top 60.8%4,001 / 6,743
Pyraminx11.7217.73
top 65.4%19,341 / 28,708
3×3 blindfolded6:06.17—
early days — 1 solve1,814 / 2,092

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

Aurora Summer competition 2009: 1:00.58Boulder 2009: 40.43Colorado Springs 2012: 29.51Tacoma Winter Twisters 2024: 12.05Husky Pride Seattle 2024: 9.96CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024: 10.90Lakewood Fall 2024: 10.90Central Washington Odds 2025: 9.90Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.31Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 12.04Northwest Championship 2026: 10.889.901:00.5818 Jul 200921 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-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 3.00 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.