People · Canada
Lowen Silmberg
2×2 · top 9.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017SILM01
Lowen Silmberg has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.55, set at Oakville Limited Winter 2018, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 610th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since February 2017, he has put 83 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 9.45 in February 2017 to 2.55, a 73% improvement. Lowen has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.55 | 4.59 | top 9.4% | 610 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.14 | 7.47 | top 14.1% | 553 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 | 15.69 | 18.80 | top 26.8% | 2,577 / 10,392 | |
| Square-1 | 1:01.10 | — | early days — 2 solves | 780 / 952 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:28.94 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,422 / 2,620 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Jun 2017First sub-20 3×3: 19.99 at Newmarket Open 2017.
- 17 Jun 2017Three personal bests in one day at Newmarket Open 2017.
- 21 May 2017First sub-30 3×3: 22.57 at National Capital Region 2017.
- 4 Feb 2017First competition: Montreal Open Winter 2017. A 32.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Oakville Limited Winter 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Oakville Limited Fall 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Waterloo 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Newmarket Open 2017 · 17 Jun 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- National Capital Region 2017 · 21 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Montreal Open Winter 2017 · 4 Feb 2017
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.
- Ethan Erez — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brennen Lin — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
- Oliver Boyes — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.