Tyson Mao (born May 8, 1984 in San Francisco, California), is one of the world's top competitive Rubik's Cube solvers. He is known especially for his prominence in the 3x3x3 blindfold Rubik's Cube category where his competition times are currently surpassed only by Leyan Lo, and Chris Krueger. In 2004, with Ron van Bruchem, he formed the World Cube Association, the organization that holds competitive events for the Rubik's Cube. On January 12, 2006, he appeared on the CW Television Network's "Beauty and the Geek" as one of the participants of the second incarnation of the reality television show.