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Laurence Livsey

2×2 · top 6.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2012 · 2012LIVS01

Laurence Livsey has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.25, set at Norwich Summer 2022, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 469th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 42 competitions since November 2012, he has put 1,613 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.30 in November 2012 to 10.11, a 48% improvement. Laurence has entered 42 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.6% of 186,767 all-time
2.25
signature single · Norwich Summer 2022
1,613
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×22.254.09
top 6.6%469 / 4,895
3×310.1112.01
top 7.8%568 / 6,689
4×440.0546.59
top 12.2%282 / 2,071
3×3 one-handed18.6124.54
top 16.7%315 / 1,851
5×51:23.111:33.79
top 21.6%288 / 1,151
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves—
top 33.6%142 / 372
Pyraminx8.3611.65
top 39.3%1,602 / 3,656
6×63:16.263:43.38
top 48.6%292 / 548
Clock15.3717.49
top 49.4%651 / 1,232
7×74:58.895:34.44
top 50.3%250 / 459
Megaminx2:10.552:47.92
top 51.5%589 / 966
3×3 blindfolded3:05.37—
top 53.9%203 / 311
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 11:15—
early days — 1 solve122 / 126

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

UK Open 2012: 19.30Edinburgh Open 2013: 16.56Leicester Open 2013: 17.11Northern Irish Open 2013: 14.55Nottingham Open 2013: 15.11Cambridge Open 2013: 14.25N8W8 Summer 2013: 12.96Guildford Open 2013: 14.78Cuthberts Open 2013: 14.12UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 11.21Nottingham Open 2014: 13.15Welwyn Garden City Open 2014: 12.12Nottingham Summer 2014: 12.91UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2014: 12.83The Glorious North 2015: 13.78Welcome Thay Cambridge 2015: 13.24Manchester Open 2016: 10.97Macclesfield Open 2016: 11.93Guildford Open 2016: 12.07UK Championship 2016: 12.22Birmingham Open 2016: 11.95Manchester Open 2017: 12.27Peterborough Open 2017: 13.18London Open 2017: 11.22World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 13.48Guildford Open 2017: 11.83UK Championship 2017: 11.55Manchester Open 2018: 12.57Peterborough Open 2018: 11.23WCA European Championship 2018: 11.88August Bank Holiday Competition 2018: 10.95UK Championship 2018: 11.11Weston-super-Mare Open 2018: 10.22Manchester Open 2019: 11.38London Open 2019: 10.64UK Championship 2019: 10.87Bremium Winter 2019: 10.32Aficube A 2022: 10.25Norwich Summer 2022: 10.11Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 11.49Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 11.4310.1119.303 Nov 201220 Oct 2023

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.