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Tyler L. Nguyen

2×2 · top 1.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023NGUY43

Tyler L. Nguyen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.23, set at Northwest Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 474th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since September 2023, he has put 1,035 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.86 in October 2023 to 8.33, a 74% improvement. Tyler has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.23
signature single · Northwest Championship 2026
1,035
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.231.78
top 1.1%474 / 40,951
Skewb1.903.20
top 1.1%170 / 18,907
Pyraminx2.243.53
top 1.6%419 / 28,708
3×38.3310.08
top 3.4%1,918 / 59,724
Square-19.4114.14
top 5.1%373 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed13.7918.46
top 5.7%800 / 15,683
Megaminx54.321:00.62
top 7.1%496 / 7,841
4×436.7143.01
top 8.4%1,263 / 19,072
Clock6.327.46
top 8.4%653 / 8,927
6×61:53.712:10.18
top 8.5%301 / 4,196
5×51:05.811:11.10
top 8.9%695 / 9,401
7×72:54.273:06.55
top 9.0%249 / 3,184

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

Salem Spooktacular 2023: 31.86Eugene Ice Cubing 2024: 18.46Couve Cubing Spring 2024: 16.34Hillsboro Favorites 2024: 14.51CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024: 14.76Oregon Championship 2024: 12.69McMinnville Cubing Fall 2024: 11.20Couve Cubing Fall 2024: 10.74Hillsboro Winter 2025: 9.50Hillsboro Newcomers 2025: 10.80Worlds Warmup Hillsboro 2025: 8.89Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.53Battle Ground 2025: 8.97Oregon Championship 2025: 10.23 Bellevue Cubing Afternoon 2025: 10.63UO Fall 2025: 9.46Portland in a Pyra Tree 2025: 8.51UO Valentine's Day 2026: 8.59McMinnville Favorites 2026: 11.02Oregon State Spring 2026: 9.21BC Championship 2026: 8.33Northwest Championship 2026: 9.478.3331.8628 Oct 202321 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.