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Liam Cook

Skewb · top 1.4% of 73,281 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023COOK01

Liam Cook has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.99, set at Michigan Championship 2024, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 203rd in the United States. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since February 2023, he has put 646 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.68 in February 2023 to 8.55, a 49% improvement. Liam has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 1.4% of 73,281 all-time
1.99
signature single · Michigan Championship 2024
646
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb1.993.40
top 1.4%203 / 18,907
Pyraminx2.655.41
top 2.6%687 / 28,708
4×430.1637.37
top 2.9%479 / 19,072
3×38.559.81
top 3.8%2,165 / 59,724
2×22.044.04
top 5.0%2,003 / 40,951
Clock5.657.04
top 6.1%476 / 8,927
5×51:01.751:05.25
top 6.5%523 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed16.8421.66
top 12.2%1,582 / 15,683
Megaminx1:05.471:16.97
top 13.0%890 / 7,841
Square-119.4225.67
top 26.6%1,745 / 6,743
6×62:44.082:59.28
top 33.0%1,179 / 4,196
7×74:31.964:36.16
early days — 3 solves1,193 / 3,184

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

Washtenaw Winter 2023: 16.68Washtenaw Qualifier 2023: 15.38Washtenaw Slow Summer 2023: 12.39Fort Wayne Favorites 2023: 11.53Rapidly Grand 2023: 12.39Washtenaw Autumn 2023: 11.40Washtenaw Newcomers 2024: 10.03Michigan Mega Madness 2024: 10.44Washtenaw Spring 2024: 11.03Washtenaw Qualifiers 2024: 9.58Michigan Championship 2024: 9.68Lincoln Library Cubing 2024: 9.53Grand Rapids Cubes 2024: 9.83Washtenaw Winter 2025: 9.17South Bend Scramble 2025: 8.558.5516.6811 Feb 20235 Apr 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.