People · United States
Leo Golove
3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022GOLO02
Leo Golove has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.81, set at Berkeley Summer 2023, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,468th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since September 2022, he has put 570 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.04 in September 2022 to 8.81, a 73% improvement. Leo has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% 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 | 8.81 | 11.11 | top 4.4% | 2,468 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.40 | 6.54 | top 5.1% | 1,324 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 3.46 | 5.51 | top 7.5% | 1,160 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 2.77 | 3.63 | top 11.7% | 4,606 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.36 | 30.28 | top 21.5% | 2,751 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 49.53 | 52.25 | top 24.1% | 3,681 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 2:59.96 | — | top 74.3% | 5,810 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 3:03.79 | — | top 79.3% | 7,194 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 44.06 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,534 / 8,927 |
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
- 10 Jun 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at Reno Summer 2023.
- 14 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Washington Championship 2023.
- 12 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Spring 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023Five personal bests in one day at Berkeley Winter A 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.64 at SacCubing XIII 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at SacCubing XIII 2023.
Competitions
- Berkeley Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Lucky Lynnwood 2023 · 30 Sep 2023
- SacCubing XV 2023 · 17 Sep 2023
- Reno Fall 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023 · 3 Sep 2023
- Berkeley Summer 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 49 - Berkeley 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2023 · 30 Jun 2023
- Reno Summer 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 47 - Berkeley Pride 2023 · 4 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XIV 2023 · 20 May 2023
- Never Stop Turning AZ 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 46 Live - SSF 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Washington Championship 2023 · 14 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring 2023 · 12 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023 · 12 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter A 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- SacCubing XIII 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 40 - San Ramon 2022 · 4 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2022 · 10 Sep 2022
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.
- Paul Mahvi — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Daniel Cho — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 59 times
- Jason Ostdiek — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.