People · Australia
Liam Wood
3×3 · top 9.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017WOOD01
Liam Wood has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.74, set at Adelaide Twin Sunday 2021, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 873rd in Australia. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since January 2017, he has put 302 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.84 in January 2017 to 10.74, a 28% improvement. Liam has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.74 | 12.39 | top 9.7% | 873 / 11,943 | |
| 2×2 | 2.63 | 4.92 | top 10.3% | 787 / 8,727 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.48 | 6.85 | top 16.3% | 799 / 6,109 | |
| 4×4 | 46.30 | 53.98 | top 20.0% | 497 / 3,108 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.91 | 36.37 | top 23.1% | 526 / 2,685 | |
| 5×5 | 1:32.05 | 1:46.55 | top 29.1% | 405 / 1,412 | |
| 6×6 | 2:56.44 | 3:00.14 | top 39.3% | 250 / 667 | |
| Megaminx | 1:52.03 | 2:04.12 | top 41.7% | 518 / 1,313 | |
| 7×7 | 4:48.81 | 5:00.98 | early days — 3 solves | 232 / 540 | |
| Skewb | 9.58 | 11.34 | top 52.4% | 1,723 / 3,589 | |
| Clock | 19.01 | — | top 61.8% | 687 / 1,159 | |
| Square-1 | 1:01.76 | — | top 84.7% | 818 / 920 |
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
- 4 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at Victorian Open 2022.
- 19 Jan 2019Eight personal bests in one day at Adelaide Summer 2019.
- 13 Jan 2018Five personal bests in one day at Adelaide Summer 2018.
- 21 Jan 2017First competition: Adelaide Summer 2017. A 14.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mildura Madness 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Victorian Open 2022 · 4 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Mental Mania 2022 · 5 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Adelaide Twin Sunday 2021 · 17 Jan 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Adelaide Summer 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Adelaide Summer 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 8 personal bests set
- Adelaide Summer 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Adelaide Summer 2017 · 21 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Leo Hock-Morris — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Dallas McNeil — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- Seth Ferry — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.