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Liam Patterson

3×3 · top 22.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022PATT04

Liam Patterson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.55, set at Erie Spring 2025, puts him in the top 22.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,392nd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since July 2022, he has put 52 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.22 in July 2022 to 14.55, a 45% improvement. Liam has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 22.9% of 284,439 all-time
14.55
signature single · Erie Spring 2025
52
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.5517.30
top 22.9%12,392 / 59,724
2×25.557.59
top 45.9%18,540 / 40,951
Pyraminx9.9817.91
top 52.9%15,426 / 28,708
4×42:21.72
early days — 1 solve17,078 / 19,072
Clock44.48
early days — 2 solves8,542 / 8,927

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

Howland Returns 2022: 26.22Pittsburgh Summer B 2022: 29.18CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 21.56Erie Spring 2025: 14.55Doing Time in Moundsville 2025: 16.0414.5529.1824 Jul 202219 Jul 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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.55 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.