People · United States
Tyler Liang
3×3 · top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022LIAN09
Tyler Liang has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.40, set at Quick in Quincy 2023, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,753rd in the United States. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since July 2022, he has put 256 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.59 in July 2022 to 10.40, a 58% improvement. Tyler has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.40 | 12.65 | top 8.6% | 4,753 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.64 | 4.30 | top 10.3% | 4,057 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.38 | 9.88 | top 22.9% | 6,176 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.59 | 39.80 | top 50.3% | 6,923 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:18.38 | — | top 54.6% | 9,312 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 12.95 | 14.53 | top 70.4% | 13,249 / 18,907 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Jan 2023Six personal bests in one day at Puzzling in Providence 2023.
- 10 Sep 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.87 at Amherst Open 2022.
- 10 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Amherst Open 2022.
- 23 Jul 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.77 at Granite State 2022.
- 2 Jul 2022First competition: New York Championship 2022. A 24.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Quick in Quincy 2024 · 27 Oct 2024
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2024 · 23 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- Brookline Favorites 2023 · 3 Sep 2023
- Quick in Quincy 2023 · 16 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- New Hampshire Spring 2023 · 27 May 2023
- Middleboro Cubikon 2023 · 6 May 2023
- Puzzling in Providence 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Amherst Open 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Granite State 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- New York Championship 2022 · 2 Jul 2022
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.
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 56 rounds, never finished ahead
- Charles Amarello — met in 55 rounds, never finished ahead
- Saisabari Ramesh — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.