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Lewis Finlayson

Pyraminx · top 5.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022FINL02

Lewis Finlayson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.47, set at Glasgow Autumn 2023, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 201st in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since May 2022, he has put 972 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.42 in May 2022 to 10.00, a 19% improvement. Lewis has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 5.3% of 129,321 all-time
3.47
signature single · Glasgow Autumn 2023
972
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
Pyraminx3.476.09
top 5.3%201 / 3,656
3×310.0011.34
top 7.4%545 / 6,689
2×22.584.43
top 9.7%638 / 4,895
Clock6.8910.35
top 10.5%139 / 1,232
Square-112.4016.65
top 10.7%109 / 778
Megaminx1:04.001:13.86
top 12.1%153 / 966
4×440.9247.34
top 13.2%306 / 2,071
5×51:22.001:34.58
top 20.7%274 / 1,151
Skewb5.407.44
top 21.2%490 / 2,421
3×3 one-handed22.3626.34
top 27.0%486 / 1,851
6×62:54.643:20.24
top 38.3%227 / 548
7×74:53.245:25.75
top 48.7%243 / 459
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves—
early days — 2 solves300 / 372

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

Glasgow Open 2022: 12.42Carlisle Summer 2022: 13.94Glasgow Winter 2023: 11.29Edinburgh Spring 2023: 12.51Glasgow Spring 2023: 11.00Edinburgh Summer 2023: 11.21Glasgow Autumn 2023: 10.61Edinburgh Winter 2024: 10.73Glasgow Spring 2024: 11.28Wakefield Summer 2024: 10.00Edinburgh Summer Open 2024: 10.57Edinburgh Winter 2025: 11.64Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 10.88Farewell Strathclyde University 2026: 10.1310.0013.9428 May 202227 Jun 2026

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 2.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.