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Tyler McLaughlin

2×2 · top 7.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017MCLA03

Tyler McLaughlin has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.29, set at NovaCube 2018, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,756th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since November 2017, he has put 65 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:16.74 in November 2017 to 30.59, a 60% improvement. Tyler has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.29
signature single · NovaCube 2018
65
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.299.16
top 7.0%2,756 / 40,951
3×330.5935.89
top 63.6%38,004 / 59,724
Pyraminx12.7016.96
top 71.3%21,117 / 28,708

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 Feast 2017: 1:16.74Severna Park Showdown 2017: 1:18.72Northern Neck Winter 2018: 1:03.31Slow N Steady Winter 2018: 53.93NovaCube 2018: 44.23TJHSST Fall 2018: 30.59CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019: 33.04Slow N Steady Summer 2019: 30.71Northern Neck Winter 2020: 37.9430.591:18.7225 Nov 20174 Jan 2020

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.