People · United States
Landon Livesay
Skewb · top 4.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019LIVE01
Landon Livesay has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.85, set at Rialto Cubing Summer 2023, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 658th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2019, he has put 180 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.08 in April 2019 to 10.26, a 78% improvement. Landon has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.85 | 9.63 | top 4.3% | 658 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 2.14 | 3.56 | top 5.7% | 2,292 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.26 | 11.96 | top 8.2% | 4,532 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.26 | 8.10 | top 14.8% | 3,885 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 1:30.59 | 1:40.00 | top 28.6% | 1,984 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 58.40 | 1:05.68 | top 34.8% | 5,592 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.12 | 48.64 | top 62.5% | 8,827 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 25.95 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,908 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 1:37.41 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,556 / 6,743 |
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
- 8 Jul 2023First sub-15 3×3: 11.63 at Rialto Cubing Summer 2023.
- 8 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Rialto Cubing Summer 2023.
- 17 Sep 2022First sub-20 3×3: 15.96 at Diamond Bar September 2022.
- 5 Oct 2019First sub-30 3×3: 24.73 at Mudd Fall 2019.
- 27 Apr 2019First competition: West LA Spring 2019. A 46.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Nub Open Lake Forest 2024 · 15 Dec 2024
- UCSD Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Unofficial Events 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Santa Ana Summer B 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rialto Cubing Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Diamond Bar September 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Long Beach Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Winter 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Mudd Fall 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- West LA Spring 2019 · 27 Apr 2019
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.
- Dominic Shoji — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Michael Young — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Shane Grogan — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.