People · Australia
Louis Kershaw
2×2 · top 6.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024KERS03
Louis Kershaw has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.23, set at Melbourne Cube Days 2024, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 495th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since August 2024, he has put 406 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.44 in August 2024 to 9.94, a 51% improvement. Louis has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.23 | 4.71 | top 6.5% | 495 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 | 9.94 | 12.23 | top 7.3% | 688 / 11,943 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.03 | 7.54 | top 7.8% | 366 / 6,109 | |
| Clock | 7.69 | 10.52 | top 13.7% | 158 / 1,159 | |
| Square-1 | 14.73 | 18.63 | top 15.8% | 159 / 920 | |
| 4×4 | 46.78 | 53.73 | top 20.6% | 519 / 3,108 | |
| Megaminx | 1:19.41 | 1:29.78 | top 21.4% | 261 / 1,313 | |
| Skewb | 5.66 | 9.03 | top 23.2% | 629 / 3,589 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.81 | 43.03 | top 62.1% | 1,480 / 2,685 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.94 at North Tasmania Spring 2026.
- 3 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Tamar Valley Turning 2026.
- 17 Jan 2026Five personal bests in one day at Tassie Summer 2026.
- 11 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.81 at Solving in Sale 2025.
- 24 Jan 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.49 at Melbourne Summer 2025.
- 24 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2025.
Competitions
- North Tasmania Spring 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Hobart Autumn 2026 · 24 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Tamar Valley Turning 2026 · 3 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Tassie Summer 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Geelong Winter 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Don't Inverloch Up 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Solving in Sale 2025 · 11 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Geelong Winter 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 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.
- Emmet Hobbs — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Alex Butera — met in 63 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ben Wakelin — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.