People · United Kingdom
Lauren Skerton
3×3 · top 6.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019SKER01
Lauren Skerton has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.53, set at Cheltenham Summer 2022, puts her in the top 6.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 466th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2019, she has put 631 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 13.30 in March 2019 to 9.53, a 28% improvement. Lauren 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 Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.53 | 11.49 | top 6.2% | 466 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.36 | 3.88 | top 7.6% | 527 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.05 | 7.29 | top 7.9% | 309 / 3,656 | |
| Skewb | 3.77 | 7.25 | top 9.4% | 210 / 2,421 | |
| 4×4 | 40.37 | 47.57 | top 12.5% | 292 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.31 | 23.91 | top 15.9% | 298 / 1,851 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.10 | 1:38.78 | top 20.8% | 277 / 1,151 | |
| Clock | 11.44 | 13.36 | top 32.2% | 426 / 1,232 | |
| Megaminx | 1:43.68 | 1:47.46 | top 36.9% | 412 / 966 | |
| 6×6 | 2:54.89 | 3:05.16 | top 38.5% | 231 / 548 | |
| 7×7 | 4:28.04 | 4:54.69 | top 40.5% | 190 / 459 | |
| Square-1 | 27.43 | 37.25 | top 44.4% | 395 / 778 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 48 moves | 49.00 | early days — 3 solves | 289 / 372 |
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 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Chippenham Autumn 2022.
- 25 Jun 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.53 at Cheltenham Summer 2022.
- 25 Jun 2022Four personal bests in one day at Cheltenham Summer 2022.
- 30 Apr 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Stevenage Spring 2022.
- 17 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Farnworth Spring D 2022.
- 23 Nov 2019Four personal bests in one day at Weston-super-Mare Open 2019.
Competitions
- Wiltshire Winter 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Chippenham Autumn 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage Summer 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cheltenham Summer 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage Spring 2022 · 30 Apr 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Farnworth Spring D 2022 · 17 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Guildford Open 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Open 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2019 · 25 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- British Summer Open 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Welsh Open 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests 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 her.
- Charlie Stark — met in 140 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Jason Harley — met in 130 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Ben Stokes — met in 121 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
Targets move as she improves.