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Tyler Strain

2×2 · top 19.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015STRA03

Tyler Strain has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.43, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2017, puts him in the top 19.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,590th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since July 2015, he has put 50 official solves on the record across four events. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.70 in July 2015 to 3.43, a 49% improvement. Tyler has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 19.3% of 186,767 all-time
3.43
signature single · CubingUSA Nationals 2017
50
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.436.06
top 19.3%7,590 / 40,951
Pyraminx9.7617.07
top 51.1%14,855 / 28,708
3×332.2639.45
top 66.3%39,855 / 59,724
Skewb17.4823.05
top 85.1%16,379 / 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

US Nationals 2015: 6.70US Nationals 2016: 7.61CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 3.433.437.6131 Jul 20157 Jul 2017

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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.

  • Brody Schoon — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Eric Zhao — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Kobe Balin — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.