People · United States
Lily Keefauver
3×3 · top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016KEEF01
Lily Keefauver has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.14, set at Trinity Valley Spring 2020, puts her in the top 5.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,903rd in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since July 2016, she has put 192 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 14.13 in July 2016 to 9.14, a 35% improvement. Lily 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.14 | 11.34 | top 5.2% | 2,903 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 39.84 | 43.44 | top 12.0% | 1,763 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 3.33 | 4.20 | top 18.1% | 7,108 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.35 | 6.91 | top 22.6% | 6,099 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 6.40 | 10.42 | top 28.9% | 4,743 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.71 | 1:44.89 | top 31.3% | 2,467 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.47 | 31.10 | top 32.8% | 4,281 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 2:42.22 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,138 / 7,841 | |
| 7×7 | 6:58.36 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,505 / 3,184 |
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
- 22 Feb 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.94 at Trinity Valley Spring 2020.
- 22 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Trinity Valley Spring 2020.
- 10 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Austin Summer 2019.
- 29 Jul 2016First competition: US Nationals 2016. A 14.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCSD TritoNxN 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- San Diego Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
- Marshall Middle Slice 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Trinity Valley Spring 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Austin Summer 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Bayou Bash 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2016 · 29 Jul 2016
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 her.
- Jason Lee — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Patrick Fischer — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Michael Young — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.14 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.84 away.
Targets move as she improves.