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Tripp Lyons

Skewb · top 3.5% of 73,281 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015LYON01

Tripp Lyons has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.66, set at Berkeley Summer 2017, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 540th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since November 2015, he has put 339 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.82 in January 2016 to 9.61, a 68% improvement. Tripp has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 3.5% of 73,281 all-time
2.66
signature single · Berkeley Summer 2017
339
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb2.665.52
top 3.5%540 / 18,907
3×39.6112.15
top 6.4%3,539 / 59,724
2×23.024.27
top 14.5%5,677 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed17.8423.57
top 14.7%1,907 / 15,683
3×3 blindfolded1:21.163:20.99
top 19.9%395 / 2,092
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves—
early days — 2 solves652 / 2,040
Pyraminx7.3511.22
top 30.8%8,576 / 28,708
4×41:42.20—
top 72.1%13,001 / 19,072

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

Bay Area Speedcubin' 8 2016: 29.82SoCal Supercomp 2016: 17.44Berkeley Summer 2016: 21.21Armin Open 2017: 18.06Berkeley Winter 2017: 16.85Berkeley Spring 2017: 14.75Bay Area Speedcubin' 10 2017: 18.616.25 Bay Area 2017: 17.04CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 15.82Berkeley Summer 2017: 15.46CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 13.59Utah Valley Open 2019: 13.57CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 11.73Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019: 11.17SacCubing X 2021: 12.52CubingUSA Western Championship 2021: 10.99Berkeley Summer 2022: 10.21Bay Area Speedcubin' 35 - Pacifica 2022: 11.01CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 9.61Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023: 10.85Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 12.46Belmont Spring 2025: 10.78Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 11.829.6129.823 Jan 20163 Jul 2025

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.

  • Paul Mahvi — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
  • Ryan Jew — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
  • Tyler Howlett — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.