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Tyler Smith

Skewb · top 5.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017SMIT08

Tyler Smith has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.06, set at Cumberland County Fall 2024, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 814th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since April 2017, he has put 544 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.99 in April 2017 to 9.74, a 75% improvement. Tyler has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 5.3% of 73,281 all-time
3.06
signature single · Cumberland County Fall 2024
544
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb3.066.58
top 5.3%814 / 18,907
3×39.7412.06
top 6.7%3,693 / 59,724
2×22.404.41
top 8.0%3,139 / 40,951
Megaminx1:10.831:32.24
top 16.1%1,103 / 7,841
Pyraminx5.847.53
top 18.8%5,014 / 28,708
4×452.261:01.02
top 27.5%4,241 / 19,072
Clock11.3716.11
top 32.0%2,502 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed25.0434.99
top 34.3%4,525 / 15,683
5×52:13.83—
top 57.5%4,898 / 9,401

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

Slow N Steady Spring 2017: 38.99NovaCube 2017: 35.13EZ Cubes Spring 2017: 27.83Severna Park Summer 2017: 23.08Maryland 2017: 24.62NovaCube 2018: 21.65Slow N Steady Summer 2018: 21.96TJHSST Fall 2018: 19.13CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019: 13.55River Hill Spring 2019: 16.10CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 14.39River Hill Fall 2022: 11.81Cougar Qualifier 2023: 11.95East Berlin Favorites PA 2024: 11.14Cumberland County Fall 2024: 12.95Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024: 11.28Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025: 9.74Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025: 11.54River Hill Spring 2025: 11.00UMBC Spring 2025: 12.12East Berlin Eccentric Blocks PA 2025: 10.62More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025: 11.20CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025: 10.32UMBC Fall 2025: 10.51Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 11.779.7438.992 Apr 201714 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-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.