People · Canada
Tyson Szabo
2×2 · top 1.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022SZAB05
Tyson Szabo has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.38, set at Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 106th in Canada. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since November 2022, he has put 171 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.51 in November 2022 to 13.63, a 30% improvement. Tyson has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.38 | 4.14 | top 1.6% | 106 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 13.63 | 15.40 | top 19.7% | 1,863 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.10 | 10.96 | top 20.7% | 858 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.13 | 32.64 | top 42.3% | 955 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.32 | 1:22.32 | top 47.2% | 1,284 / 3,118 | |
| Skewb | 13.92 | 15.23 | top 74.4% | 2,175 / 2,907 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.63 at Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023.
- 1 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023.
- 26 Nov 2022First competition: Oakville Fall A 2022. A 19.51 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Western Ontario Winter 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Waterloo Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kitchener Mini Morning 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
- Battle of Waterloo 2024 · 8 Jun 2024
- Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Appleby Summer A 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Southern Ontario Summer - Waterloo 2023 · 24 Jun 2023
- Newmarket Favourites 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- London Winter A 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Waterloo Favourites A 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Oakville Fall A 2022 · 26 Nov 2022
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.
- Abdullah Gulab — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Larry Shi — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead twice
- David Kirby — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.