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Lewis Isom

2×2 · top 0.23% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018ISOM02

Lewis Isom has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.80, set at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024, puts him in the top 0.23% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 99th in the United States. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since May 2018, he has put 582 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.27 in May 2018 to 8.71, a 76% improvement. Lewis has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.23% of 186,767 all-time
0.80
signature single · CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024
582
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×20.802.85
top 0.23%99 / 40,951
3×3 Fewest Moves20 moves22.00
top 1.0%28 / 2,040
3×38.7111.61
top 4.2%2,342 / 59,724
Skewb4.057.01
top 11.2%1,727 / 18,907
Pyraminx5.757.97
top 18.1%4,823 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed22.6829.13
top 27.9%3,596 / 15,683
4×458.691:08.42
top 35.1%5,643 / 19,072
Megaminx1:58.302:12.99
top 44.8%3,277 / 7,841
5×53:20.573:48.23
top 84.2%7,774 / 9,401
Clock30.98—
early days — 3 solves7,615 / 8,927
3×3 blindfolded8:57.76—
early days — 1 solve2,033 / 2,092

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

Utah Big Blind-off 2018: 36.27Utah Snowball Bash 2018: 18.57Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2019: 16.17Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2022: 9.17Utah Valley Open 2023: 12.25CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 11.74Utah Championship 2023: 8.71Utah Ice Cubing 2024: 11.09CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024: 11.65Northern Kentucky 2024: 9.81Cajun Cube Clash 2024: 11.52Utah Cubing with Culture 2024: 11.52Utah Ice Cubing 2025: 10.76Wolverine Weekdays 1 Orem 2025: 9.63Utah Newcomers 2025: 11.72Utah Puzzling for Awareness IV 2025: 10.06Utah Speedcubing Pride 2025: 11.088.7136.2712 May 20187 Jun 2025

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.

  • Cade Beck — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
  • Isaac Myers — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
  • Canyon Pettitt — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 9 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.