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Francis Laliberté

2×2 · top 7.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016LALI01

Francis Laliberté has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.31, set at Toronto Limited Summer 2016, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 459th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2016, he has put 122 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 2.66 in May 2016 to 2.31, a 13% improvement. Francis has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.31
signature single · Toronto Limited Summer 2016
122
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×22.312.71
top 7.1%459 / 7,173
3×310.5812.76
top 9.2%846 / 10,392
Pyraminx6.658.62
top 25.0%1,068 / 4,858
Skewb5.9512.95
top 25.4%610 / 2,907
3×3 one-handed24.6531.49
top 33.3%742 / 2,620
4×42:08.49
early days — 2 solves2,600 / 3,118

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

National Capital Region 2016: 2.66Toronto Limited Summer 2016: 2.31Montreal Open Winter 2017: 2.88National Capital Region 2017: 2.562.312.8821 May 201621 May 2017

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.