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Leif Persson

3×3 · top 14.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022PERS04

Leif Persson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.10, set at SacCubing XIII 2023, puts him in the top 14.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,619th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since October 2022, he has put 52 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.44 in October 2022 to 12.10, a 44% improvement. Leif has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.2% of 284,439 all-time
12.10
signature single · SacCubing XIII 2023
52
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.1015.73
top 14.2%7,619 / 59,724
2×25.135.99
top 40.9%16,440 / 40,951
Pyraminx9.0112.45
top 44.9%12,923 / 28,708
4×42:19.40
early days — 2 solves16,935 / 19,072

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

Reno Fall 2022: 21.44SacCubing XIII 2023: 12.10Berkeley Spring 2023: 14.7112.1021.4422 Oct 202212 Mar 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.

  • Daniel Cho — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Ryan Jew — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Mitchell Lane — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.