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Lincoln A. Gray

2×2 · top 4.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023GRAY04

Lincoln A. Gray has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.90, set at The Art of the Cube Colorado 2023, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,623rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since March 2023, he has put 521 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.09 in March 2023 to 9.76, a 31% improvement. Lincoln has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.90
signature single · The Art of the Cube Colorado 2023
521
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.902.86
top 4.1%1,623 / 40,951
3×39.7611.65
top 6.8%3,719 / 59,724
Pyraminx4.416.29
top 9.8%2,528 / 28,708
Skewb4.477.28
top 14.2%2,223 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed20.4826.93
top 21.8%2,796 / 15,683
4×449.7557.51
top 24.4%3,733 / 19,072
Square-126.5135.32
top 42.4%2,752 / 6,743
Clock15.7220.43
top 50.7%4,143 / 8,927
Megaminx2:38.29—
top 65.3%4,984 / 7,841

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

Mile High Megacomp 2023: 14.09Don't be Fooled Colorado 2023: 13.55Colorado Waffle Jostle 2023: 14.09Cubing In Creek 2023: 13.22Summer Solving Colorado 2023: 12.50Unorthodox Blocks Colorado 2023: 11.24Colorado Jungle Jumble 2023: 12.97The Art of the Cube Colorado 2023: 10.82Pillar of Fire Colorado 2023: 10.32Colorado Cold Hands Showdown 2023: 11.90Barely Awake Boulder 2024: 11.11Happy Crew Déjà Vu Colorado 2024: 10.46Cherry on Top Colorado AM 2024: 9.76Colorado Mountain Tour - Evergreen 2024: 10.42CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024: 10.11Colorado Springs Showdown 2024: 10.279.7614.094 Mar 20233 Aug 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.