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Liam Manwaring

2×2 · top 0.28% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022MANW02

Liam Manwaring has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.84, set at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.28% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 124th in the United States. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since October 2022, he has put 730 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.45 in October 2022 to 5.91, a 37% improvement. Liam has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.28% of 189,179 all-time
0.84
signature single · Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026
730
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×20.842.51
top 0.28%124 / 41,674
3×35.916.64
top 0.44%300 / 60,666
3×3 one-handed10.0812.67
top 1.1%179 / 15,900
4×435.5042.95
top 7.3%1,127 / 19,354
Pyraminx6.566.94
top 24.3%6,731 / 29,168
5×51:40.501:54.15
top 35.8%2,881 / 9,537
Skewb8.559.92
top 45.5%8,128 / 19,164

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

Think In Fink Fall 2022: 9.45Slow N Steady Fall 2022: 8.45Crystal City Fall 2022: 10.05Crystal City Winter 2023: 7.90Potomac Spring 2023: 7.28Slow N Steady Spring 2023: 8.17Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023: 7.32Slow N Steady Fall 2023: 7.03River Hill Fall 2023: 7.30NoVa Cube Winter 2024: 7.55Slow N Steady Spring 2024: 7.52Cubing at Carson 2024: 6.85Gaithersburg Back to School 2024: 6.66Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024: 6.56River Hill Fall 2024: 6.37Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025: 7.25River Hill Spring 2025: 6.50TJHSST Spring 2025: 6.08UMBC Fall 2025: 6.94River Hill Fall 2025: 5.91Fredericksburg Winter AM 2026: 7.10TJHSST Winter 2026: 6.83Derwood Cubing Derby Spring 2026: 6.70Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 7.04Virginia Championship 2026: 6.735.9110.051 Oct 202217 Oct 2026

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-5 3×3 single — 355 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 800 people have one; it is 0.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.