People · Nigeria
Kamaru-Deen Lawal
3×3 · top 5.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2010 · 2010LAWA01
Kamaru-Deen Lawal has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.33, set at Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2012, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10th in Nigeria. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since August 2010, he has put 326 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.66 in August 2010 to 9.33, a 40% improvement. He has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Nigeria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.33 | 10.93 | top 5.7% | 10 / 300 | |
| 2×2 | 2.19 | 3.50 | top 6.1% | 2 / 101 | |
| 4×4 | 41.22 | 50.64 | top 13.5% | 9 / 57 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.28 | 12.89 | top 14.9% | 6 / 62 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.22 | 25.03 | top 15.7% | 7 / 43 | |
| 5×5 | 2:01.66 | — | top 50.2% | 11 / 22 |
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
- 16 Feb 2013Three personal bests in one day at River Hill Winter 2013.
- 13 Oct 2012First sub-10 3×3: 9.33 at Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2012.
- 30 Jul 2011Four personal bests in one day at Hackley Summer 2011.
- 18 Jun 2011Four personal bests in one day at River Hill Spring 2011.
- 19 Feb 2011Three personal bests in one day at Washington DC Winter 2011.
- 11 Dec 2010First sub-15 3×3: 12.81 at River Hill Fall 2010.
Competitions
- Carnegie Mellon Fall 2014 · 11 Oct 2014
- Carnegie Mellon Fall 2013 · 23 Nov 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2013 · 13 Apr 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Winter 2013 · 16 Feb 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2012 · 13 Oct 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Winter 2012 · 21 Jan 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Hackley Summer 2011 · 30 Jul 2011 — 4 personal bests set
- River Hill Spring 2011 · 18 Jun 2011 — 4 personal bests set
- Washington DC Winter 2011 · 19 Feb 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- River Hill Fall 2010 · 11 Dec 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010
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.
- Evan Liu — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Mike Kotch — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Alex Thielemier — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.33 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.