People · United States
Liam Jones
Clock · top 5.1% of 32,048 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022JONE08
Liam Jones has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 5.26, set at UCSD Fall 2024, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 403rd in the United States. Until February 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since May 2022, he has put 257 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.34 in May 2022 to 11.67, a 56% improvement. Liam has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 5.26 | 7.86 | top 5.1% | 403 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 | 11.67 | 16.73 | top 12.7% | 6,834 / 59,724 | |
| Square-1 | 14.44 | 20.26 | top 15.1% | 1,020 / 6,743 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.82 | 7.49 | top 18.7% | 4,959 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.38 | 4.74 | top 18.7% | 7,342 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 6.68 | 7.46 | top 31.1% | 5,150 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.05 | 1:08.72 | top 38.7% | 6,277 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 46.55 | 55.28 | top 73.3% | 10,607 / 15,683 |
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
- 23 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at UCSD Fall 2024.
- 19 Oct 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.18 at UCSB Cubing 2024.
- 7 Oct 2022First sub-20 3×3: 17.63 at WCC Western Championship 2022.
- 7 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at WCC Western Championship 2022.
- 14 May 2022First competition: Long Beach Spring 2022. A 26.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Temecula Valley Back To School 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Agoura Summer 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- UCSD Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- UCSB Cubing 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- La La Land 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- San Diego Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Valley 2023 · 8 Apr 2023
- Oak Valley Winter A 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- WCC Western Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Long Beach Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022
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.
- Brendyn Dunagan — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dominic Shoji — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zack Rubio — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.