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Tyler Townsend

2×2 · top 12.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016TOWN01

Tyler Townsend has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.82, set at Northwest Championships 2017, puts him in the top 12.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,805th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2016, he has put 50 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.45 in November 2016 to 14.98, a 30% improvement. Tyler has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 12.2% of 186,767 all-time
2.82
signature single · Northwest Championships 2017
50
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.825.57
top 12.2%4,805 / 40,951
Pyraminx5.777.46
top 18.3%4,864 / 28,708
3×314.9818.97
top 24.4%13,224 / 59,724
5×52:17.462:33.23
top 59.6%5,116 / 9,401
4×41:29.63
early days — 2 solves11,094 / 19,072

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

PDX Cubing for Dougy 2016: 21.45Puget Sound Winter 2017: 16.11Northwest Championships 2017: 14.9814.9821.4519 Nov 201611 Aug 2017

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 0.82 away.
  • A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.