People · United States
Leif Conklin
3×3 · top 1.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024CONK01
Leif Conklin has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.71, set at Northwest Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 650th in the United States. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since June 2024, he has put 216 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Leif has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.71 | 7.94 | top 1.0% | 650 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 31.13 | 33.38 | top 3.5% | 565 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 56.15 | 1:03.28 | top 3.8% | 314 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.24 | 16.45 | top 4.8% | 678 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 2.48 | 3.37 | top 8.7% | 3,422 / 40,951 | |
| Megaminx | 57.85 | 1:02.74 | top 8.9% | 609 / 7,841 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.78 | 6.06 | top 11.9% | 3,081 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 5.42 | 8.75 | top 21.4% | 3,411 / 18,907 | |
| 6×6 | 2:22.57 | 2:31.41 | top 21.8% | 769 / 4,196 | |
| Clock | 9.50 | 11.45 | top 22.6% | 1,738 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 21.86 | 31.32 | top 32.2% | 2,080 / 6,743 | |
| 7×7 | 4:06.08 | 4:11.78 | top 33.0% | 925 / 3,184 |
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
- 21 Aug 2026Nine personal bests in one day at Northwest Championship 2026.
- 3 Jul 2025Six personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025.
- 28 Jun 2024First competition: CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024. A 7.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Northwest Championship 2026 · 21 Aug 2026 — 9 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best 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 his.
- Henry Spear — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Ron G. Arama — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.