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Lawson Foster

3×3 · top 18.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022FOST09

Lawson Foster has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.39, set at Queensland Open 2023, puts him in the top 18.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,696th in Australia. Across 4 competitions since August 2022, he has put 113 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.92 in August 2022 to 13.39, a 39% improvement. Lawson has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 18.8% of 284,439 all-time
13.39
signature single · Queensland Open 2023
113
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×313.3917.11
top 18.8%1,696 / 11,709
2×23.525.71
top 20.5%1,555 / 8,567
Skewb6.698.29
top 31.2%869 / 3,534
4×41:06.191:12.46
top 43.1%1,149 / 3,051
Pyraminx9.0311.93
top 45.1%2,500 / 5,993
3×3 one-handed31.0433.35
top 49.0%1,136 / 2,659
Megaminx2:08.902:32.12
top 50.6%616 / 1,277
5×52:24.75
top 63.3%877 / 1,356
Clock22.97
early days — 2 solves787 / 1,095

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

Turning in Townsville 2022: 21.92Australian Nationals 2022: 19.48Turning in Townsville 2023: 15.64Queensland Open 2023: 13.3913.3921.926 Aug 20228 Jul 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.39 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.