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Lewis Byng

2×2 · top 0.54% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015BYNG02

Lewis Byng has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.99, set at Stratford-upon-Avon Open 2018, puts him in the top 0.54% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 45th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since November 2015, he has put 789 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.10 in November 2015 to 7.47, a 65% improvement. Lewis has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.54% of 186,767 all-time
0.99
signature single · Stratford-upon-Avon Open 2018
789
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×20.992.31
top 0.54%45 / 4,895
3×37.4710.64
top 1.9%152 / 6,689
Skewb3.554.97
top 8.0%185 / 2,421
3×3 one-handed20.3524.67
top 21.4%404 / 1,851
4×457.421:12.83
top 33.6%751 / 2,071
Pyraminx9.0812.07
top 45.5%1,851 / 3,656
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves—
early days — 2 solves210 / 372
5×52:39.932:46.49
top 70.4%872 / 1,151
Megaminx4:37.61—
early days — 2 solves949 / 966

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

UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 21.10Welcome Thay Cambridge 2015: 16.09Manchester Open 2016: 15.29North London Open 2016: 16.02Macclesfield Open 2016: 14.06August Bank Holiday Competition 2016: 14.51UK Championship 2016: 11.71Birmingham Open 2016: 12.92Manchester Open 2017: 11.57Peterborough Open 2017: 11.14August Bank Holiday Competition 2017: 10.21UK Championship 2017: 9.59Weston-super-Mare Open 2017: 9.60Manchester Open 2018: 10.06High Wycombe Open 2018: 8.89Stratford-upon-Avon Open 2018: 9.43UK Championship 2018: 11.88Wakefield Open 2022: 7.47Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 12.007.4721.107 Nov 201528 Oct 2022

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.

  • Robert Yau — met in 185 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
  • James Molloy — met in 183 rounds, finished ahead 53 times
  • Charlie Stark — met in 180 rounds, finished ahead 61 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.