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Liam Ancheta

2×2 · top 3.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022ANCH04

Liam Ancheta has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.75, set at Cubing for Cancer RPV 2022, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,289th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since June 2022, he has put 163 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.07 in June 2022 to 9.79, a 19% improvement. Liam has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.75
signature single · Cubing for Cancer RPV 2022
163
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.754.36
top 3.3%1,289 / 40,951
3×39.7911.39
top 6.9%3,763 / 59,724
Pyraminx10.1515.45
top 54.2%15,806 / 28,708

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

Berkeley Summer 2022: 12.07Cubing for Charity Colorado 2022: 12.62Circle City Summer 2022: 12.53Irvine Summer 2022: 10.61Marshall Cubing September 2022: 12.56Cubing for Cancer RPV 2022: 10.61San Diego's Final Cube-Down 2022: 9.79Oʻahu ʻOhana Cubing 2023: 10.84Marshall Cubing Spring 2023: 11.29Circle City Turbocharged 2023: 10.02Pride in Long Beach 2023: 12.55CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 10.80CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 13.349.7913.3411 Jun 202227 Jul 2023

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.