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Tyler Halgren

2×2 · top 0.47% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2015 · 2015HALG01

Tyler Halgren has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.95, set at UO Valentine's Day 2026, puts him in the top 0.47% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 196th in the United States. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 56 competitions since January 2015, he has put 2,519 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.12 in January 2015 to 6.73, a 71% improvement. Tyler has entered 56 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.47% of 186,767 all-time
0.95
signature single · UO Valentine's Day 2026
2,519
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×20.953.28
top 0.47%196 / 40,951
3×36.737.94
top 1.1%660 / 59,724
4×426.5533.14
top 1.2%206 / 19,072
Pyraminx2.326.38
top 1.8%463 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed11.5114.15
top 2.4%385 / 15,683
5×553.2359.01
top 2.8%218 / 9,401
7×72:27.802:32.35
top 3.4%91 / 3,184
6×61:38.401:44.40
top 3.7%134 / 4,196
Skewb2.884.85
top 4.4%679 / 18,907
Megaminx1:09.661:20.51
top 15.4%1,052 / 7,841
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves35.33
top 17.4%385 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded1:40.57—
top 26.8%559 / 2,092
Square-119.7126.60
top 27.3%1,794 / 6,743
Clock16.6217.28
top 54.1%4,472 / 8,927

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

Rose City Cubing Competition 2015: 23.12Cubes4Speed MOX Summer 2015: 17.50Keep Portland Weird 2015: 15.61Puget Sound Open 2015: 14.26PDX Cubing Beta 2015: 13.36Oregon State Alpha 2016: 13.04PDX Cubing Alpha 2016: 12.31Atomic Cubing 2016: 10.93Puget Sound Spring 2016: 11.91Rose City 2016: 11.04Idaho Speedcubing 2016: 11.74Atomic Cubing Summer 2016: 10.96US Nationals 2016: 10.14Oregon 2016: 9.60Puget Sound Fall 2016: 9.41PDX Cubing for Dougy 2016: 10.25Eugene 2016: 8.44Puget Sound Winter 2017: 10.16Keep Portland Weird 2017: 8.19Atomic Fools 2017: 9.66Eugene 3x3 Mania 2017: 8.54Rose City 2017: 8.66SnoCo Cubing Summer 2017: 8.30Cubing with the Duck 2017: 9.38Northwest Championships 2017: 9.76Puget Sound Fall 2017: 9.35Eugene Fall 2017: 9.89SnoCo Cubing Fall 2017: 9.43Atomic Cubing Fall 2017: 8.86Puget Sound Winter 2.0 2017: 8.30PDX Cubing for Causes 2018: 8.99Oregon State 2018: 8.79CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 9.23PDX Cubing for Causes 2019: 8.25Lincoln City 2019: 8.17Puget Sound Summer 2019: 7.47PLU NxN 2022: 7.79SnoCo Favorites 2022: 7.83SnoCo NxN 2022: 8.15Kent Spring 2023: 7.98Eugene Cubing 2023: 8.33Stumptown Speedcubing Summer 2023: 7.66Couve Cubing Spring 2024: 7.06PortlaNxNd 2024: 7.73Hillsboro Favorites 2024: 7.68Oregon Championship 2024: 7.27Tacoma Winter 2025: 7.50Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 6.73Oregon Championship 2025: 7.64UO Fall 2025: 8.22Lakewood Fall 2025: 6.98UO Valentine's Day 2026: 6.78McMinnville Favorites 2026: 7.31Oregon State Spring 2026: 7.03Northwest Championship 2026: 7.196.7323.1231 Jan 201521 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 1.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.