People · Australia
Tyler Williams
2×2 · top 0.31% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017WILL05
Tyler Williams has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.86, set at Rockingham Rapid 2022, puts him in the top 0.31% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 48th in Australia. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 109 competitions since January 2017, he has put 5,180 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.90 in January 2017 to 6.26, a 58% improvement. Tyler has entered 109 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 0.86 | 2.44 | top 0.31% | 48 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 6.26 | 7.60 | top 0.65% | 68 / 11,709 | |
| Skewb | 1.66 | 2.76 | top 0.66% | 31 / 3,534 | |
| Pyraminx | 1.94 | 3.17 | top 1.0% | 58 / 5,993 | |
| 4×4 | 26.95 | 31.29 | top 1.4% | 32 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.77 | 14.02 | top 1.6% | 40 / 2,659 | |
| 5×5 | 50.02 | 57.95 | top 1.8% | 22 / 1,356 | |
| Clock | 4.07 | 4.91 | top 2.4% | 31 / 1,095 | |
| 6×6 | 1:35.38 | 1:42.17 | top 2.9% | 16 / 641 | |
| 7×7 | 2:27.18 | 2:30.54 | top 3.3% | 14 / 523 | |
| Megaminx | 47.94 | 53.09 | top 4.2% | 58 / 1,277 | |
| Square-1 | 9.87 | 12.81 | top 5.8% | 60 / 899 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 26 moves | 32.00 | top 6.2% | 31 / 468 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:14.05 | 2:16.77 | top 17.4% | 88 / 394 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 6 of 7 cubes · 53:55 | — | top 39.8% | 73 / 180 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 20:39.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 89 / 96 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Hillarys First Turns 2026.
- 2 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Hurry or Not Hillarys 2025.
- 12 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2024.
- 3 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Clockburn 2023.
- 1 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Perth Time Trial 2023.
- 29 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Perth Autumn 2023.
Competitions
- Winding Down in Willetton 2026 · 15 Aug 2026
- Perth Winter 2026 · 1 Aug 2026
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026
- NxN in Jura 2026 · 4 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Flinders Park Side Events 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- FMC World 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- Perth Time Trial 2026 · 31 May 2026
- Perth Puzzle Party 2026 · 16 May 2026
- Perth Favourites Evening 2026 · 21 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Freo Cube-Off 2026 · 12 Apr 2026
- Only Cubes in Scarborough 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- Good Solves in Gibson Park 2026 · 1 Mar 2026
- Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026 · 6 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Perth Summer 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026
- Hillarys First Turns 2026 · 4 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Christmas Cubing by Sorrento Beach 2025 · 21 Dec 2025
- Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bunbury's South West Speedsolving 2025 · 16 Nov 2025
- Tonga Nationals 2025 · 11 Nov 2025
- Fiji Nationals 2025 · 9 Nov 2025
- Samoa Nationals 2025 · 6 Nov 2025
- Perth Time Trial 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2025 · 2 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals FMC 2025 · 28 Sep 2025
- WA State Championship 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- WA Side State Championship 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Mandurah Madness 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Long Island Summer 2025 · 12 Jul 2025
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- Warm Up Seattle 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up Seattle PBQ 2025 · 27 Jun 2025
- Perth Winter 2025 · 21 Jun 2025
- Jog Your Memory Joondalup 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Perth Autumn 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Keep Up Karrinyup 2025 · 4 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Freo Cube-Off 2025 · 5 Apr 2025
- Hurry or Not Hillarys 2025 · 2 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- North Perth FMC Day 2025 · 2 Feb 2025
- South Perth FMC Day 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Albany Summer Solving 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Perth Puzzle Party 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024 · 19 Dec 2024
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship FMC 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Move It Midland 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
- Bunbury's South West Speedsolving 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Please Be Solved Padbury 2024 · 1 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Perth Time Trial 2024 · 10 Aug 2024
- Perth Winter 2024 · 27 Jul 2024
- Australian Nationals 2024 · 12 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals FMC 2024 · 7 Jul 2024
- Mundaring Mixup 2024 · 23 Jun 2024
- Pinjarra Pride and Puzzles 2024 · 16 Jun 2024
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- No 3x3s in Perth 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Only 3x3s in Perth 2024 · 25 May 2024
- Perth Autumn 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Perth Puzzle Pyjama Party 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Going Fast in Guildford 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Freo Cube-Off 2024 · 7 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- South Perth Cube Day 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
- Going Slow in Gibson Park 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Get Another Success in Success 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Murdoch University Open 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Leersum Algs 2024 · 5 Jan 2024
- Cubing by Quinns Beach 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- Clockburn 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Speedy South Perth 2023 · 19 Nov 2023
- Butler Blitz 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2023 · 28 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals FMC 2023 · 24 Sep 2023
- WA Open 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Scarborough Skewb-Off 2023 · 20 Aug 2023
- Bunbury's South West Speedsolving 2023 · 5 Aug 2023
- Pinjarra Puzzle Party 2023 · 16 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Perth Time Trial 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Quintilian Cube-Off 2023 · 17 Jun 2023
- Mandurah Mayhem 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Perth Autumn 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Freo Cube-Off 2023 · 16 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Hurry Up Karrinyup 2023 · 19 Mar 2023
- Get a Success in Success 2023 · 26 Feb 2023
- Perth FMC Day 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Albany Summer Solving 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Perth Summer 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Steady Sorrento 2022 · 4 Dec 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Butler Blitz 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cool Down with the Cows 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2022 · 30 Sep 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals FMC 2022 · 25 Sep 2022
- Warm Up Mandurah 2022 · 3 Sep 2022
- WA Open 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Slow Down Perth 2022 · 19 Jun 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Rockingham Rapid 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Perth Autumn 2022 · 19 Mar 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Perth Underground Open 2022 · 29 Jan 2022
- WA State Championship 2021 · 17 Jul 2021 — 10 personal bests set
- Steady Swanbourne 2021 · 26 Jun 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Craigie Cube-Off 2021 · 28 Mar 2021 — 5 personal bests set
- South Perth Summer 2020 · 19 Dec 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Cows 2020 · 28 Nov 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Perth Late Night 2020 · 9 Aug 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Perth Puzzle Party 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Koalafication Perth 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Perth Puzzle Party 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Perth Autumn 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Perth Winter 2017 · 22 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Perth Summer 2017 · 22 Jan 2017 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Jonathan Charlesworth — met in 884 rounds, finished ahead 211 times · head to head
- Amy Smith — met in 876 rounds, finished ahead 567 times · head to head
- Jaxon Foster — met in 775 rounds, finished ahead 571 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.