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Tyler Kochy

2×2 · top 0.68% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017KOCH08

Tyler Kochy has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.06, set at Ridge Cubing Fall 2019, puts him in the top 0.68% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 285th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 63 competitions since September 2017, he has put 2,514 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.58 in September 2017 to 6.58, a 79% improvement. Tyler has entered 63 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.68% of 186,767 all-time
1.06
signature single · Ridge Cubing Fall 2019
2,514
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.062.34
top 0.68%285 / 40,951
3×36.588.39
top 0.92%581 / 59,724
Skewb1.873.23
top 1.1%163 / 18,907
4×426.6330.96
top 1.2%212 / 19,072
Pyraminx2.134.25
top 1.4%372 / 28,708
Square-16.9910.62
top 1.8%139 / 6,743
5×552.061:00.58
top 2.4%188 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed14.6319.03
top 7.3%989 / 15,683
Clock6.177.35
top 7.8%613 / 8,927
6×61:57.922:04.13
top 10.2%360 / 4,196
Megaminx1:16.061:28.20
top 19.3%1,320 / 7,841
7×74:14.414:22.80
top 35.8%1,005 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves53.67
early days — 3 solves1,618 / 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

Princeton Fall 2017: 31.58Liberty Science Center Open 2017: 27.66New York City Winter 2018: 17.48Rutgers Spring 2018: 16.84New York City Spring 2018: 17.43Lower Moreland Spring 2018: 17.17North Plainfield Open 2018: 13.93CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018: 16.83New Hope Open Spring 2018: 13.33Princeton Fall 2018: 16.97New York City Fall 2018: 16.02Lower Moreland Fall 2018: 15.04CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018: 13.79Liberty Science Center Open 2018: 13.35New Hope Open Winter 2019: 12.65Princeton Winter 2019: 13.01Lower Moreland Winter 2019: 12.06Ridge Cubing 2019: 11.00Penn Cube Day Spring 2019: 11.19George School Open 2019: 11.48CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 11.50Ridge Cubing Fall 2019: 10.17Brooklyn Fall 2019: 10.95No Place For DNF Fall 2019: 10.21Liberty Science Center Open 2019: 9.36Princeton Winter 2020: 9.94Constitution State Winter 2020: 9.84Skewbadelphia Winter 2020: 9.02Princeton Spring 2022: 8.92CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 9.23Pennsylvania Championship 2022: 9.71East Brunswick Open 2022: 8.80Westport Summer 2022: 8.60Pretzel Mania 2022: 9.16Empire State Fall 2022: 9.42New York Yopen 2022: 8.86West Chester Fall 2022: 7.44Sleepless in Seattle 2023: 8.50Pretzel Mania 2023: 7.08Penn Cube Day Spring 2023: 7.44NJIT Spring 2023: 7.97PBs in Palisades 2023: 7.85South Jersey Speedsolving 2023: 7.86GCU Spring 2023: 7.24North Jersey Speedsolving A 2023: 7.81Wilmington Warmup 2023: 9.04CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023: 8.02CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 7.55Newark's On Track 2023: 7.16Cubing Knights IV 2023: 7.89Princeton Fall 2023: 8.15Manhattan Mini B 2023: 7.74GCU Winter 2024: 7.97Miami Spring 2024: 8.27New Jersey Championship 2024: 7.30Rutgers Winter 2025: 8.26Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 6.586.5831.5823 Sep 20173 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.

  • Shaun Mack — met in 316 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
  • Livia Kleiner — met in 305 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
  • Max Chan — met in 295 rounds, finished ahead 72 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.