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Tyler Howlett

3×3 · top 0.16% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2014 · 2014HOWL02

Tyler Howlett has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.19, set at Davis Fall 2023, puts him in the top 0.16% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 109th in the United States. Until November 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 90 competitions since September 2014, he has put 4,310 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.28 in September 2014 to 5.19, an 86% improvement. Tyler has entered 90 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.16% of 284,439 all-time
5.19
signature single · Davis Fall 2023
4,310
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×35.197.80
top 0.16%109 / 59,724
Pyraminx1.532.23
top 0.46%140 / 28,708
2×21.061.87
top 0.68%285 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed10.4815.18
top 1.4%219 / 15,683
Skewb2.074.14
top 1.6%232 / 18,907
4×428.2031.48
top 1.9%314 / 19,072
Square-18.1811.23
top 3.3%241 / 6,743
5×559.311:08.14
top 5.2%428 / 9,401
Megaminx51.6858.05
top 5.8%419 / 7,841
6×61:53.972:09.17
top 8.7%305 / 4,196
Clock6.768.49
top 10.1%784 / 8,927
7×73:09.993:26.14
top 13.3%364 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded1:34.45—
top 24.7%504 / 2,092
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves37.67
top 30.0%652 / 2,040

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

Berkeley Summer 2014: 37.28BASC 4: Día de los Cubos 2014: 25.98Berkeley Fall 2014: 19.86Berkeley Winter 2015: 18.69BASC 5: Everything But 2x2 2015: 16.20Berkeley Spring 2015: 15.75SPCS Stanford Spring 2015: 13.49BASC 6 2015: 11.88US Nationals 2015: 13.96Berkeley Summer 2015: 14.47Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2015: 13.06Berkeley Fall 2015: 12.43Berkeley Winter 2016: 11.70Reno Open 2016: 10.37Bay Area Speedcubin' 9 2016: 9.74US Nationals 2016: 10.83Berkeley Summer 2016: 9.41Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2016: 10.28Armin Open 2017: 8.12Berkeley Winter 2017: 8.34SacCubing I 2017: 8.69Berkeley Spring 2017: 9.50Reno Spring 2017: 7.98Bay Area Speedcubin' 10 2017: 9.126.25 Bay Area 2017: 9.14CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 8.74SacCubing II 2017: 9.03Berkeley Summer 2017: 7.66San Ramon Cubed 2017: 8.65Reno Fall 2017: 8.70Berkeley Fall 2017: 8.90SacCubing III 2018: 8.57Reno Winter 2018: 8.25Bay Area Speedcubin' 11 2018: 8.81Berkeley Spring 2018: 7.13SacCubing IV 2018: 8.59CubingUSA Western Championship 2018: 7.95CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 9.29SacCubing V 2018: 8.01Berkeley Summer 2018: 7.76Bay Area Speedcubin' 12 2018: 7.53Reno Fall 2018: 8.22Berkeley Fall 2018: 8.50SacCubing VI 2019: 7.07Bay Area Speedcubin' 13 2019: 7.48CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019: 8.43Bay Area Speedcubin' 15 2019: 7.67Reno Spring 2019: 8.29Bay Area Speedcubin' 16 2019: 7.84SacCubing VII 2019: 6.73CubingUSA Western Championship 2019: 8.18Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019: 7.67CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 8.38SacCubing VIII 2019: 8.40Berkeley Summer 2019: 6.72Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019: 8.50Reno Fall In Memoriam 2019: 7.90Berkeley Fall 2019: 7.09Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019: 7.42Bay Area Speedcubin' 23 2020: 7.51SacCubing IX 2020: 8.23Reno Winter 2020: 7.13Idaho Summer A 2021: 7.88SacCubing X 2021: 7.38CalPoly SLO Fall 2021: 7.17CubingUSA Western Championship 2021: 7.92SacCubing XI 2022: 7.88Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 AM 2022: 6.63Bay Area Speedcubin' 31A - Mill Valley 2022: 7.21Berkeley Summer 2022: 7.08Bay Area Speedcubin' 34 - San Ramon 2022: 7.08Bay Area Speedcubin' 35 - Pacifica 2022: 7.37SacCubing XII 2022: 7.35Berkeley Fall 2022: 7.40Reno Fall 2022: 7.15SacCubing XIII 2023: 6.71Berkeley Winter A 2023: 6.70SacCubing XIV 2023: 6.60Claws Up Summer 2023: 6.69CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 6.85SacCubing XV 2023: 7.09Davis Fall 2023: 5.19SacCubing XVI 2024: 7.09Berkeley Summer 2024: 6.54Happy Suseong 2025: 6.755.1937.286 Sep 201418 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.