People · United States
Tyson Mao (毛台勝)
3×3 · top 15.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2004 · 2004MAOT02
Tyson Mao (毛台勝) has been competing for 22 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.43, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023, puts him in the top 15.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,237th in the United States. Across 64 competitions since October 2004, he has put 637 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.24 in October 2004 to 12.43, a 39% improvement. Tyson has entered 64 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.43 | 15.22 | top 15.4% | 8,237 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:22.56 | 1:55.99 | top 20.5% | 415 / 2,092 | |
| 2×2 | 5.58 | 9.89 | top 46.3% | 18,703 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.96 | 52.30 | top 46.6% | 6,330 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:29.52 | 1:53.55 | top 63.2% | 11,080 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 1 of 2 cubes · 2:24 | — | early days — 3 solves | 678 / 731 |
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
- 5 Nov 2005First sub-15 3×3: 12.89 at Rubik's World Championship 2005.
- 5 Nov 2005Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's World Championship 2005.
- 28 May 2005First sub-20 3×3: 17.54 at Horace Mann Spring competition 2005.
- 16 Oct 2004First competition: Caltech Fall competition 2004. A 20.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cool Down Berkeley 2025 · 2 Nov 2025
- Belmont Spring 2025 · 24 May 2025
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023 · 5 Nov 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023 · 3 Sep 2023
- San Ramon Cubed 2017 · 28 Oct 2017
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013
- Berkeley Fall 2012 · 2 Sep 2012
- United States National Championships 2012 · 3 Aug 2012
- Berkeley Fall 2011 · 3 Dec 2011
- Stanford Fall 2011 · 13 Nov 2011
- United States National Championships 2011 · 12 Aug 2011
- Stanford Spring 2011 · 22 May 2011
- Primer Abierto de Speedcubing Perúbik 2011 · 30 Apr 2011
- Berkeley Fall 2010 · 24 Oct 2010
- Denver Open 2010 · 9 Oct 2010
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010
- Berkeley Summer 2010 · 11 Jul 2010
- Stanford Spring 2010 · 23 May 2010
- Taiwan Spring Open 2010 · 11 Apr 2010
- Reno Lake Tahoe Winter 2010 · 27 Feb 2010
- Drexel Winter 2010 · 6 Feb 2010
- Brown Cubing Day 2009 · 12 Dec 2009
- MIT Fall 2009 · 14 Nov 2009
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009 · 9 Oct 2009
- US Nationals 2009 · 14 Aug 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Safe Haven competition 2009 · 20 Jun 2009
- Captain's Cove competition 2009 · 23 May 2009
- UPenn Spring competition 2009 · 21 Mar 2009
- Fort Lee Winter 2009 · 7 Mar 2009
- San Francisco Open 2009 · 18 Jan 2009
- Discovery Science Center 10th Anniversary 2008 · 20 Dec 2008
- Caltech Fall 2008 · 22 Nov 2008
- Drexel Fall 2008 · 15 Nov 2008
- Newark Open 2008 · 8 Nov 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Cincinnati Summer Open 2008 · 16 Aug 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- US Nationals and Open 2008 · 19 Jul 2008
- Armonk Spring 2008 · 26 Apr 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- Discovery Science Center competition 2008 · 19 Apr 2008
- Denver Open 2008 · 12 Apr 2008 — 1 personal best set
- EPGY California Open 2008 · 16 Feb 2008
- UCSD competition 2008 · 27 Jan 2008
- Caltech Fall competition 2007 · 10 Nov 2007 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007 · 5 Oct 2007
- Caltech Summer competition 2007 · 25 Aug 2007
- US Open 2007 · 16 Jun 2007
- San Diego competition 2007 · 26 May 2007
- Caltech Discovery Spring competition 2007 · 5 May 2007
- Berkeley Spring competition 2007 · 14 Apr 2007 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Winter competition 2007 · 13 Jan 2007
- UC Berkeley Fall competition 2006 · 18 Nov 2006 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Fall competition 2006 · 11 Nov 2006
- US Nationals 2006 · 4 Aug 2006
- San Diego competition 2006 · 27 May 2006 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Spring competition 2006 · 15 Apr 2006
- Chattahoochee Spring competition 2006 · 11 Mar 2006
- Caltech Winter competition 2006 · 14 Jan 2006
- Rubik's World Championship 2005 · 5 Nov 2005 — 4 personal bests set
- Caltech Fall competition 2005 · 22 Oct 2005
- Northern California Fall Open 2005 · 17 Sep 2005
- Caltech Dallas Summer competition 2005 · 13 Aug 2005
- Horace Mann Spring competition 2005 · 28 May 2005 — 2 personal bests set
- Caltech Fall competition 2004 · 16 Oct 2004 — 1 personal best 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.
- Leyan Lo — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Shelley Chang — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 50 times
- Dan Dzoan — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-1:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,593 people have one; it is 22.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.