People · United States
Blake Linsenmeyer
2×2 · top 7.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023LINS01
Blake Linsenmeyer has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.36, set at OKC Cube-Off Winter 2024, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,991st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2023, he has put 235 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.13 in March 2023 to 11.23, a 51% improvement. Blake has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.36 | 2.99 | top 7.6% | 2,991 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 3.98 | 11.38 | top 10.8% | 1,657 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 11.23 | 12.86 | top 11.2% | 6,065 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.70 | 9.46 | top 17.8% | 4,712 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 9.37 | 12.89 | top 21.8% | 1,685 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 56.32 | 1:09.54 | top 32.3% | 5,128 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:12.13 | 2:27.59 | top 56.6% | 4,806 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.48 | 46.85 | top 61.6% | 8,681 / 15,683 | |
| 6×6 | 4:34.26 | — | early days — 3 solves | 3,008 / 4,196 | |
| Square-1 | 52.15 | 1:11.91 | top 78.0% | 5,170 / 6,743 | |
| 7×7 | 7:24.12 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,658 / 3,184 |
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
- 11 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Oklahoma Fall 2023.
- 14 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Lawton OKtoberfest Fall 2023.
- 5 Aug 2023First sub-20 3×3: 14.07 at Air Capital Cubing Summer 2023.
- 5 Aug 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.07 at Air Capital Cubing Summer 2023.
- 5 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at Air Capital Cubing Summer 2023.
- 4 Mar 2023First competition: Wichita Art Museum Winter 2023. A 25.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wichita Family ArtVenture 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- OKC Cube-Off Winter 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- UCO Cubing Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Oklahoma Fall 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Lawton OKtoberfest Fall 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Air Capital Cubing Summer 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Wichita Art Museum Winter 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 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.
- Samuel Threlkeld — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Lydia Workman — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Zachary Walden — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.