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Tyler Buel

Skewb · top 0.45% of 73,281 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017BUEL01

Tyler Buel has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.50, set at Trains on Main La Grange 2024, puts him in the top 0.45% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 74th in the United States. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since April 2017, he has put 874 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.55 in April 2017 to 7.75, a 74% improvement. Tyler has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.45% of 73,281 all-time
1.50
signature single · Trains on Main La Grange 2024
874
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb1.502.95
top 0.45%74 / 18,907
3×37.759.49
top 2.4%1,378 / 59,724
Pyraminx2.775.79
top 2.9%776 / 28,708
2×21.792.67
top 3.5%1,386 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed18.6422.52
top 16.8%2,176 / 15,683
Clock10.1912.78
top 26.1%2,005 / 8,927
4×451.4956.46
top 26.5%4,087 / 19,072
Megaminx1:43.641:51.29
top 36.8%2,649 / 7,841
5×52:08.682:24.03
top 54.7%4,616 / 9,401

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

Mountain View Open 2017: 29.55Queen City 2017: 26.93Rocky Top 2017: 20.68Hendersonville Winter 2018: 16.18Gateway Ravioli Spring 2018: 11.83Cardinal Bird Fiesta 2018: 12.37CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 11.73Music City Speedsolving 2018: 11.23Rocky Top 2018: 9.93CubingUSA Georgia Championship 2018: 10.41Derby City Open 2019: 10.28Grind City 2019: 9.27Buccaneer Bonanza 2019: 9.74Wildcat Spring 2019: 9.36CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 10.01Music City Speedsolving 2019: 7.98Rocky Top 2019: 7.75Rocky Top 2021: 7.94Flex in Lex 2023: 8.79Rocky Top 2023: 8.82Choo Choo Cubing A 2024: 8.05TN Speedsolving Winter 2024: 7.94Trains on Main La Grange 2024: 8.35Vanderbilt Winter 2025: 7.927.7529.5529 Apr 201718 Jan 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.