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Erik Loyd

3×3 · top 40.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014LOYD01

Erik Loyd has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.30, set at Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2016, puts him in the top 40.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23,213th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2014, he has put 30 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.94 in November 2014 to 20.30, a 27% improvement. Erik has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 40.8% of 284,439 all-time
20.30
signature single · Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2016
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×320.3027.77
top 40.8%23,213 / 59,724
4×41:41.05
early days — 2 solves12,816 / 19,072
5×52:46.80
early days — 3 solves6,506 / 9,401
Pyraminx13.8227.09
top 77.0%22,784 / 28,708
2×212.1714.81
top 84.9%35,251 / 40,951

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

Michigan Mystery 2014: 27.94Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2015: 24.02Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2016: 20.3020.3027.9422 Nov 201426 Mar 2016

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-1:30 4×4 single — 53,325 people have one; it is 11.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.