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Liam James du Plessis

3×3 · top 79.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016PLES02

Liam James du Plessis has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 42.15, set at Johannesburg 2016, puts him in the top 79.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,504th in South Africa. Across 2 competitions since June 2016, he has put 20 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 57.86 in June 2016 to 42.15, a 27% improvement. Liam has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 79.3% of 284,439 all-time
42.15
signature single · Johannesburg 2016
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×342.1549.44
top 79.3%1,504 / 2,164
2×213.0018.37
top 86.9%1,173 / 1,510

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

Johannesburg Open 2016: 57.86Johannesburg 2016: 42.1542.1557.8619 Jun 201627 Nov 2016

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-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 2.15 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 1.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.