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Tyler Hicks

3×3 · top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017HICK03

Tyler Hicks has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.84, set at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 721st in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since April 2017, he has put 1,081 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.63 in April 2017 to 6.84, a 36% improvement. Tyler has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.2% of 284,439 all-time
6.84
signature single · CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023
1,081
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.849.08
top 1.2%721 / 59,724
Megaminx42.7051.24
top 2.3%171 / 7,841
5×552.5457.64
top 2.5%200 / 9,401
4×429.5632.77
top 2.6%421 / 19,072
7×72:26.752:47.53
top 3.2%88 / 3,184
Pyraminx3.075.17
top 3.9%1,032 / 28,708
6×61:45.061:49.79
top 5.5%191 / 4,196
3×3 one-handed13.6717.24
top 5.5%771 / 15,683
2×22.393.03
top 7.9%3,103 / 40,951
Square-111.0716.45
top 8.1%585 / 6,743
Skewb3.874.87
top 10.0%1,533 / 18,907
Clock7.358.29
top 12.4%946 / 8,927
3×3 blindfolded2:17.392:52.20
top 39.1%824 / 2,092
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves45.33
top 51.8%1,101 / 2,040
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 8:53—
early days — 1 solve476 / 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

Florida Cubing Spring Qualifier 2017: 10.63Winter Warmup 2018: 9.75Indialantic Open 2018: 8.78CubingUSA Georgia Championship 2018: 9.22Florida 2019: 8.86Gator Cubing Spring Open 2019: 8.52Florida Winter Break 2019: 8.95Holiday Open 2023: 8.23Tally Spring 2023: 8.94CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023: 6.84North Carolina Championship 2023: 7.86Sowega Solving 2023: 8.15Cubing Knights V 2023: 8.26FSUbers 6.0 2024: 8.62Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024: 7.68Zephyr Cube Bash 2025: 8.76FSUbers 11.0 2026: 9.066.8410.6315 Apr 20177 Mar 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 0.84 away.
  • A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 2.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.