People · United States
Liam Patterson
Skewb · top 4.8% of 73,281 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023PATT10
Liam Patterson has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.97, set at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 754th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since April 2023, he has put 377 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.77 in April 2023 to 11.06, a 66% improvement. Liam has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.97 | 6.72 | top 4.8% | 754 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 11.06 | 13.87 | top 10.7% | 5,775 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.83 | 4.79 | top 12.3% | 4,846 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.73 | 29.54 | top 33.5% | 4,400 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.01 | 12.71 | top 36.2% | 10,251 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 16.55 | 21.28 | top 53.8% | 4,452 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:19.42 | 1:31.79 | top 55.4% | 9,490 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 57.73 | 1:19.24 | top 82.2% | 5,488 / 6,743 |
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
- 28 Jun 2024Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024.
- 11 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Alabama Championship 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at FSUbers 5.0 2024.
- 2 Dec 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.77 at Rocky Top 2023.
- 2 Dec 2023Five personal bests in one day at Rocky Top 2023.
- 20 Oct 2023First sub-30 3×3: 18.51 at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023.
Competitions
- Scenic City Spring TN 2026 · 9 May 2026
- Concord Summer 2025 · 7 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Appalachian Highlands TN 2024 · 2 Nov 2024
- Scenic City Scramble TN 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Alabama Championship 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Beat the Clock Westminster 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Volunteer State Cubing 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Choo Choo Cubing A 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- FSUbers 5.0 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rocky Top 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
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.
- Katie Hull — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead once
- Alex Bohac — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead once
- MJ Thomas — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.