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Liam Mawson

2×2 · top 14.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022MAWS01

Liam Mawson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.01, set at Wellington Summer 2023, puts him in the top 14.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 271st in New Zealand. Across 3 competitions since June 2022, he has put 108 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.37 in June 2022 to 18.84, a 26% improvement. Liam has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 14.3% of 186,767 all-time
3.01
signature single · Wellington Summer 2023
108
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
2×23.015.04
top 14.3%271 / 1,615
Pyraminx6.808.89
top 26.2%369 / 1,141
Skewb7.3010.61
top 36.0%272 / 666
3×318.8420.46
top 36.6%745 / 2,095
Clock17.1019.57
top 55.8%190 / 303
4×41:19.971:27.67
top 55.9%381 / 722
5×52:18.252:35.65
top 60.1%210 / 355

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

Puzzling Porirua 2022: 25.37NZ North Island Championship 2022: 18.87Wellington Summer 2023: 18.8418.8425.3711 Jun 202218 Feb 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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.