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Layne VanSiegel

Skewb · top 0.4% of 73,281 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018VANS03

Layne VanSiegel has been competing for 8 years. Their best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.46, set at Michigan Championship 2024, puts them in the top 0.4% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 65th in the United States. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since December 2018, they have put 1,372 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, their 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Their 3×3 best has come down from 29.15 in December 2018 to 7.59, a 74% improvement. Layne has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.4% of 73,281 all-time
1.46
signature single · Michigan Championship 2024
1,372
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb1.462.78
top 0.4%65 / 18,907
3×37.599.97
top 2.1%1,257 / 59,724
Pyraminx2.703.78
top 2.7%723 / 28,708
2×21.743.43
top 3.3%1,274 / 40,951
4×435.7641.30
top 7.4%1,134 / 19,072
Square-111.2114.61
top 8.4%604 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed15.2017.34
top 8.5%1,137 / 15,683
Megaminx58.151:05.68
top 9.0%623 / 7,841
5×51:13.261:20.89
top 14.0%1,069 / 9,401
Clock8.0210.69
top 15.3%1,169 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves37.67
top 17.4%385 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded1:18.893:39.38
top 19.1%376 / 2,092
6×62:27.842:38.50
top 24.5%873 / 4,196
7×74:02.024:11.73
top 31.5%878 / 3,184
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 23:01—
top 53.9%417 / 731
4×4 blindfolded14:26.00—
early days — 3 solves315 / 440
5×5 blindfolded35:45.00—
early days — 1 solve206 / 218

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

Indianapolis Fall 2018: 29.15Derby City Open 2019: 19.85Indianapolis Cubes 2019: 18.08Flag City Fall 2019: 14.04Indianapolis Cubes Winter 2019: 12.19UIUC Fall 2022: 10.27Indiana Finally Returns 2023: 8.98Gem City Donuts and Dragons 2023: 11.61Little Giant Open 2023: 8.22Flag City Summer 2023: 9.73CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 9.56Swoop in Again Oxford 2023: 9.42UIUC Fall 2023: 8.96Nimble Hands in Noblesville 2024: 9.80Bloomington Open 2024: 9.03Little Giant Open 2024: 9.09Solar Eclipse in Sycamore 2024: 9.13Circle City Cubing 2024: 9.11Michigan Championship 2024: 9.10Indiana Championship 2024: 8.94Ohio State Winter 2025: 8.88Michigan Mini 33 2025: 7.59CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025: 9.08Ohio Championship 2025: 10.07CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026: 9.047.5929.151 Dec 20185 Jun 2026

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 their.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.59 away.

Targets move as they improves.