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Duncan Lively

3×3 · top 70.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022LIVE01

Duncan Lively has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 34.91, set at Warwick Cube Day 2023, puts him in the top 70.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 42,560th in the United States. Across 13 competitions since October 2022, he has put 105 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 49.47 in October 2022 to 34.91, a 29% improvement. Duncan has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 70.4% of 284,439 all-time
34.91
signature single · Warwick Cube Day 2023
105
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×334.9152.33
top 70.4%42,560 / 59,724
2×211.4218.98
top 82.7%34,364 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed1:51.44
early days — 1 solve15,254 / 15,683
Pyraminx27.8259.68
top 97.8%28,335 / 28,708

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

Ohio Valley Open 2022: 49.47Slow N Steady Fall 2022: 44.46Happy Valley Fall 2022: 1:00.93West Chester Fall 2022: 55.32Pretzel Mania 2023: 50.48Slow N Steady Spring 2023: 52.12Clash at Carlisle Spring 2023: 41.19Warwick Cube Day 2023: 34.91Pretzel Mania Summer 2023: 53.96Square-Fun in Bloomsburg 2023: 43.02Cumberland County Cubing 2023: 44.56Cumberland County Fall 2024: 42.03Happy Valley Spring PA 2025: 53.6734.911:00.931 Oct 20221 Mar 2025

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 4.91 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 1.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.