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Calven Lipec

Skewb · top 0.59% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017LIPE01

Calven Lipec has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.61, set at WCA World Championship 2019, puts him in the top 0.59% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26th in Australia. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since March 2017, he has put 1,562 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.14 in March 2017 to 8.25, a 66% improvement. Calven has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.59% of 73,281 all-time
1.61
signature single · WCA World Championship 2019
1,562
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Skewb1.614.73
top 0.59%26 / 3,534
Pyraminx2.835.57
top 3.1%143 / 5,993
3×38.2510.49
top 3.2%316 / 11,709
2×21.742.65
top 3.3%265 / 8,567
4×435.8643.28
top 7.5%198 / 3,051
Square-111.9413.77
top 9.8%99 / 899
3×3 one-handed18.6124.98
top 16.7%366 / 2,659
Megaminx1:18.501:42.51
top 20.8%252 / 1,277
5×51:29.011:35.05
top 26.5%356 / 1,356
6×62:50.333:13.76
top 36.2%225 / 641
7×74:24.784:41.60
top 39.4%191 / 523
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves—
top 48.3%216 / 468
3×3 blindfolded3:30.974:44.92
top 61.2%272 / 394
Clock18.9322.92
top 61.5%639 / 1,095

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

Cubing Classic 2017: 24.14Cube for Cambodia 2017: 16.55World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 14.85Swiss Open 2017: 14.09Croatian Open 2017: 12.16Australian Nationals 2017: 11.19Canberra Spring 2017: 11.63Melbourne Cube Days 2017: 10.60Adelaide Summer 2018: 11.04Hobart Summer 2018: 10.05ASFA Speedcubing 2018: 10.86Cube for Cambodia 2018: 12.83Melbourne Winter 2018: 10.59Horsham Winter 2018: 10.08Australian Nationals 2018: 9.70St Kevin's College Spring 2018: 11.89Melbourne Cube Days 2018: 9.67Adelaide Summer 2019: 10.26Melbourne Summer 2019: 8.70Brilliant Ballarat 2019: 9.33Hobart Open 2019: 9.45Solving in Sale 2019: 10.54Cube for Cambodia 2019: 11.09Koalafication Melbourne 2019: 10.64WCA World Championship 2019: 11.17Melbourne Summer 2021: 9.24Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021: 10.67Victorian Open 2023: 8.258.2524.1418 Mar 20171 Jul 2023

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Riley Dexter — met in 244 rounds, finished ahead 76 times
  • Myles Jarman — met in 218 rounds, finished ahead 135 times
  • Jack Cai — met in 214 rounds, finished ahead 115 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.