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Liam Sweet

3×3 blindfolded · top 9.9% of 12,178 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014SWEE01

Liam Sweet has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 50.04, set at Adelaide Summer 2018, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 49th in Australia. Until December 2008, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 32 competitions since April 2014, he has put 644 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.44 in April 2014 to 12.56, a 64% improvement. Liam has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 9.9% of 12,178 all-time
50.04
signature single · Adelaide Summer 2018
644
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×3 blindfolded50.04—
top 9.9%49 / 394
3×3 Multi-Blind14 of 15 cubes · 50:12—
top 10.5%22 / 180
3×312.5613.99
top 15.9%1,415 / 11,709
2×23.254.67
top 17.2%1,298 / 8,567
Pyraminx6.288.13
top 22.1%1,112 / 5,993
4×451.5456.98
top 26.6%689 / 3,051
Skewb6.167.73
top 27.0%722 / 3,534
4×4 blindfolded7:01.27—
early days — 2 solves31 / 96
5×52:13.482:24.71
top 57.4%791 / 1,356

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

Northpark Adelaide 2014: 34.44Australian Nationals 2015: 18.00Adelaide Summer 2016: 13.90Australian Nationals 2016: 16.46Adelaide Summer 2017: 13.71Australian Nationals 2017: 13.61Adelaide Summer 2018: 13.44Adelaide Winter 2018: 14.20Horsham Winter 2018: 12.56Australian Nationals 2018: 13.51New Zealand Nationals 2018: 13.51Adelaide Summer 2019: 14.39Koalafication Adelaide 2019: 13.28WCA World Championship 2019: 13.77Harold Park Classic 2019: 13.20Adelaide Summer 2020: 13.05Adelaide Twin Saturday 2021: 13.90SA State Championship 2021: 13.58Adelaide Summer 2022: 13.75Adelaide Autumn 2022: 13.25Turning in Townsville 2022: 15.44Clare Valley Cubing 2022: 14.47South Australian Open 2022: 14.54Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 14.71Adelaide Summer 2023: 13.58Adelaide Autumn 2023: 13.81Adelaide Winter Saturday 2023: 14.98South Australian Open 2023: 14.76Playford Cubing 2023: 14.78Adelaide Summer 2024: 14.42Australian Nationals 2024: 15.3712.5634.4412 Apr 201412 Jul 2024

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.

  • Dallas McNeil — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 53 times
  • Matthew Flay — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
  • Jack Cai — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 10 times

Next targets

  • A sub-50 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,207 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.