People · United States
Lee Smith
Skewb · top 4.2% of 73,281 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015SMIT06
Lee Smith has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.84, set at Flower City Cube Fest 2022, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 654th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2015, he has put 195 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.23 in April 2015 to 10.18, a 61% improvement. Lee has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 2.84 | 7.65 | top 4.2% | 654 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 10.18 | 14.55 | top 8.0% | 4,401 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.67 | 6.76 | top 11.2% | 2,922 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.10 | 4.25 | top 15.4% | 6,032 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.96 | 1:12.21 | top 41.7% | 6,846 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 27.58 | 56.48 | top 44.7% | 2,904 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.80 | 39.09 | top 48.4% | 6,630 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 3:47.32 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,426 / 9,401 |
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
- 16 Jul 2022Four personal bests in one day at Owings Mills Summer 2022.
- 4 Mar 2017Five personal bests in one day at ODU Big Blue Spring 2017.
- 14 Nov 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.35 at Virginia Open Fall 2015.
- 14 Nov 2015Five personal bests in one day at Virginia Open Fall 2015.
- 26 Sep 2015First sub-20 3×3: 17.37 at Slow n Steady Fall 2015.
- 11 Apr 2015First competition: Virginia Open Spring 2015. A 26.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Brockport Bash 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Flower City Cube Fest 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Owings Mills Summer 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Severna Park Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Open Fall 2015 · 14 Nov 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Slow n Steady Fall 2015 · 26 Sep 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow n Steady Spring 2015 · 6 Jun 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Open Spring 2015 · 11 Apr 2015
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.
- Corey Sakowski — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Will Callan — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Kobe Balin — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.