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Liam Sheldon

Skewb · top 6.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023SHEL01

Liam Sheldon has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.32, set at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,031st in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 42 competitions since January 2023, he has put 1,551 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.19 in January 2023 to 9.80, a 61% improvement. Liam has entered 42 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 6.7% of 73,281 all-time
3.32
signature single · CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025
1,551
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb3.325.15
top 6.7%1,031 / 18,907
3×39.8011.99
top 6.9%3,782 / 59,724
2×22.413.92
top 8.0%3,178 / 40,951
Clock6.527.72
top 9.2%715 / 8,927
4×439.4646.08
top 11.5%1,696 / 19,072
5×51:11.671:25.07
top 12.8%989 / 9,401
Megaminx1:07.721:14.80
top 14.3%968 / 7,841
Pyraminx5.417.89
top 15.8%4,184 / 28,708
Square-115.6517.78
top 17.9%1,216 / 6,743
6×62:23.222:30.39
top 22.1%785 / 4,196
3×3 one-handed20.8423.17
top 22.8%2,930 / 15,683
7×73:49.114:00.61
top 26.8%754 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves43.00
top 40.9%879 / 2,040

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

North Star Cubing Challenge 2023: 25.19SPAMtown Cubing 2023: 21.00Door County Cube Challenge 2023: 19.85Minnesota Cube Melt 2023: 17.42Sioux Falls Saturday 2023: 16.86Sioux City Sunday 2023: 19.05Minnesota Cube Day 2023: 17.73North Woods 2023: 16.34Cubetcha 2023: 16.65SPAMtown II 2023: 17.78Side Events Minnesota 2023: 16.93North Star Cubing Challenge 2024: 16.11Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2024: 16.52Elite in Eagan 2024: 14.78Minnesota Newcomer Saturday 2024: 12.39Minnesota Slice 2024: 15.16Eau Claire 2024: 13.51Minnesota Cube Melt 2024: 14.52CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024: 13.09Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 12.06Minnesota Meetup IV Tuesday 2024: 11.17Rosemount Big Cubes 2024: 14.34Rosemount Side Events 2024: 12.75Cubing on Lake Superior 2024: 12.93Minnesota Championship 2024: 11.56Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2025: 12.00Racing in Rosemount 2025: 12.60Nebraska Championship 2025: 12.57Minnesota Cube Melt 2025: 12.51Algs in Ankeny 2025: 10.77Minnesota Slice 2025: 11.95Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 12.04CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025: 11.86Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025: 10.23Cubetcha MN 2025: 9.80Race the Clock MN 2025: 11.30North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2026: 10.58Cube Against Cancer Minnesota 2026: 10.73Minnesota Cube Melt 2026: 10.459.8025.1921 Jan 20239 May 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-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.80 away.

Targets move as he improves.