People · United States
Lewis Garthwaite
Clock · top 2.3% of 32,048 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019GART01
Lewis Garthwaite has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 4.01, set at Naperville Winter B 2022, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 198th in the United States. Until June 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since July 2019, he has put 464 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.36 in July 2019 to 8.56, a 65% improvement. Lewis has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 4.01 | 4.49 | top 2.3% | 198 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 1.85 | 2.84 | top 3.9% | 1,513 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 8.56 | 10.24 | top 3.9% | 2,181 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 3.23 | 4.83 | top 6.2% | 955 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 10.14 | 12.65 | top 6.3% | 466 / 6,743 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.54 | 7.36 | top 10.5% | 2,735 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.53 | 22.88 | top 16.5% | 2,136 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 46.70 | 52.68 | top 20.4% | 3,105 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:27.38 | 1:51.22 | top 26.4% | 1,823 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.25 | 1:34.92 | top 27.5% | 2,157 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 2:57.26 | 3:10.43 | top 39.7% | 1,449 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 45 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,364 / 2,040 |
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
- 18 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Naperville Winter B 2022.
- 22 Oct 2022Nine personal bests in one day at Rochester Fall 2022.
- 30 Oct 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.75 at Welcome Back Wisconsin 2 2021.
- 30 Oct 2021Five personal bests in one day at Welcome Back Wisconsin 2 2021.
- 7 Mar 2020Four personal bests in one day at Minnesota Cube Days 2020.
- 16 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Cubing Peoria 2020.
Competitions
- Naperville Winter B 2022 · 18 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC on a Madison Terrace 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Rochester Fall 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 9 personal bests set
- 7x7 in a Madison Park 2022 · 25 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome Back Wisconsin 2 2021 · 30 Oct 2021 — 5 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Days 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing Peoria 2020 · 16 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 8 personal bests set
- Wiscube 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Copper Country Cubing Fall 2019 · 25 Oct 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Madison Summer 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- West Branch Summer 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Carter Kucala — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Walker Welch — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Simon Kellum — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.