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Tyler Patten

3×3 · top 8.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017PATT06

Tyler Patten has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.42, set at Solving in Savannah 2026, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,785th in the United States. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since October 2017, he has put 288 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.72 in October 2017 to 10.42, a 24% improvement. Tyler has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.7% of 284,439 all-time
10.42
signature single · Solving in Savannah 2026
288
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.4212.12
top 8.7%4,785 / 59,724
Square-113.8919.73
top 13.9%947 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed22.0624.63
top 26.2%3,382 / 15,683
2×24.306.85
top 30.3%12,066 / 40,951
Pyraminx7.4811.20
top 31.8%8,895 / 28,708
Megaminx1:40.181:46.54
top 34.7%2,470 / 7,841
4×458.641:05.15
top 35.0%5,634 / 19,072
3×3 blindfolded2:36.092:53.80
top 45.2%975 / 2,092
Skewb8.7412.39
top 46.7%8,256 / 18,907
5×52:00.942:24.41
top 49.8%4,177 / 9,401
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves61.33
top 68.6%1,424 / 2,040
Clock27.5543.11
top 81.1%7,178 / 8,927
7×77:30.93
early days — 2 solves2,687 / 3,184
6×67:06.86
early days — 1 solve3,994 / 4,196

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

Cubetcha 2017: 13.72North Star Cubing Challenge 2018: 13.21Minnesota Cube Melt 2018: 13.68Cubetcha 2018: 13.58Fargo Fall 2018: 13.31Mega Minnesota Winter 2018: 12.34Race the Clock 2018: 12.79Algorithms on Abercorn 2023: 10.88Solving in Savannah 2026: 10.4210.4213.7228 Oct 20177 Feb 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
  • A sub-12 Square-1 single — 2,502 people have one; it is 1.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.