People · United States
Knox Lingenfelter
3×3 · top 5.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016LING03
Knox Lingenfelter has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.13, set at Albany Winter 2019, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,948th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since May 2016, he has put 140 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.75 in May 2016 to 9.13, a 51% improvement. Knox has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 9.13 | 10.54 | top 5.2% | 2,948 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.31 | 4.25 | top 18.0% | 7,134 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 46.04 | 56.94 | top 19.7% | 3,022 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.71 | 27.07 | top 22.5% | 2,925 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.25 | 10.65 | top 38.4% | 11,132 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 8.09 | 9.68 | top 42.1% | 7,438 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 2:07.37 | 2:17.27 | top 54.0% | 4,637 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 2:48.33 | — | top 69.6% | 5,492 / 8,026 |
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 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.34 at Albany Winter 2019.
- 16 Feb 2019Three personal bests in one day at Albany Winter 2019.
- 18 Feb 2017Four personal bests in one day at Mishawaka Winter 2017.
- 7 Jan 2017Three personal bests in one day at Marrs Mixup Winter 2017.
- 8 Oct 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.11 at Dixon Fall 2016.
- 8 Oct 2016Four personal bests in one day at Dixon Fall 2016.
Competitions
- Albany Winter 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Mishawaka Winter 2017 · 18 Feb 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Marrs Mixup Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Dixon Fall 2016 · 8 Oct 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Summit City Open 2016 · 7 May 2016
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.
- Brian Johnson — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Max Lau — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- James Hildreth — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.