People · Australia
Kevin Luong
2×2 · top 4.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015LUON05
Kevin Luong has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.93, set at Sydney Championship 2016, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 333rd in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2015, he has put 210 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.88 in December 2015 to 10.56, a 37% improvement. Kevin has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.93 | 3.60 | top 4.3% | 333 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 10.56 | 13.00 | top 9.1% | 810 / 11,709 | |
| Skewb | 5.11 | 7.49 | top 19.0% | 497 / 3,534 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.17 | 10.45 | top 29.3% | 1,522 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.35 | 31.29 | top 32.5% | 738 / 2,659 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.95 | 1:19.68 | top 43.9% | 1,176 / 3,051 | |
| Square-1 | 32.07 | 57.02 | top 53.4% | 526 / 899 | |
| Megaminx | 2:36.77 | — | early days — 2 solves | 834 / 1,277 | |
| 5×5 | 2:47.65 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,039 / 1,356 |
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
- 17 Dec 2016Four personal bests in one day at Sydney Championship 2016.
- 20 Aug 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.49 at Australian Nationals 2016.
- 20 Aug 2016Five personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2016.
- 19 Dec 2015First competition: Sydney Summer 2015. A 16.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Warm Up Sydney 2018 · 19 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Sydney Championship 2017 · 16 Dec 2017
- Sydney Winter 2017 · 17 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Sydney Championship 2016 · 17 Dec 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2016 · 20 Aug 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Sydney Autumn 2016 · 8 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Sydney Summer 2015 · 19 Dec 2015
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.
- Edbert Sim — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- William Tao — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Rhys Lloyd — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.