People · United States
Graham Lively
3×3 · top 0.42% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018LIVE01
Graham Lively has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.89, set at East Brunswick Open 2022, puts him in the top 0.42% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 283rd in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 49 competitions since February 2018, he has put 2,006 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.01 in February 2018 to 5.89, a 47% improvement. Graham has entered 49 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 5.89 | 7.95 | top 0.42% | 283 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 27.22 | 30.70 | top 1.5% | 247 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.76 | 13.80 | top 1.6% | 261 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 52.91 | 59.25 | top 2.6% | 209 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 1:49.49 | 1:57.44 | top 6.9% | 239 / 4,196 | |
| 2×2 | 2.29 | 2.90 | top 7.0% | 2,756 / 40,951 | |
| 7×7 | 2:49.02 | 3:00.65 | top 7.6% | 206 / 3,184 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.29 | 6.80 | top 9.1% | 2,372 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 1:03.06 | 1:16.19 | top 11.6% | 782 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 5.94 | 7.47 | top 25.3% | 4,105 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 22.71 | 29.92 | top 34.0% | 2,214 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:45.61 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,347 / 2,092 |
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
- 27 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2023.
- 18 Jan 2020Three personal bests in one day at Scranton Scramble 2020.
- 11 Jan 2020Five personal bests in one day at Potomac Speedcubing 2020.
- 14 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady Summer 2019.
- 16 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at Lower Moreland Winter 2019.
- 16 Feb 2019Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019.
Competitions
- Happy Valley Spring PA 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Axemann Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- Happy Valley Spring PA 2025 · 1 Mar 2025
- Happy Valley Fall PA 2024 · 1 Dec 2024
- Happy Valley Spring 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- Berwick Fall 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
- Square-Fun in Bloomsburg 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Warwick Cube Day 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Clash at Carlisle Spring 2023 · 13 May 2023
- Slow N Steady Spring 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- West Chester Fall 2022 · 10 Dec 2022
- Happy Valley Fall 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio Valley Open 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- East Brunswick Open 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 · 7 Jul 2022
- Pennsylvania Championship 2022 · 17 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Dunkirk Spring B 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Spring 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2021 · 20 Nov 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2020 · 23 Feb 2020
- Scranton Scramble 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Potomac Speedcubing 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 5 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- ODU Big Blue Fall 2019 · 23 Nov 2019
- No Place For DNF Fall 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Gobbler Cube Day Fall 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Solving Hunger Virginia 2019 · 12 Oct 2019
- Clash at Carlisle Fall 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Rally in the Valley 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Northern Virginia Summer 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- George School Open 2019 · 11 May 2019
- Virginia Qualifier 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- No Place For DNF Spring 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Lower Moreland Winter 2019 · 16 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Princeton Winter 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Fall 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA New Jersey Championship 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Lower Moreland Fall 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Fall Foliage Cubing 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2018 · 2 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Pennsylvania 2018 · 17 Aug 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- New Hope Open Spring 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Incredible Pencil Mania 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 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.
- Will Callan — met in 263 rounds, finished ahead 60 times
- Dana Yi — met in 218 rounds, finished ahead 46 times
- Hassan Khanani — met in 207 rounds, finished ahead 124 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 2.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.