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Luke Bankes

3×3 · top 71.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017BANK02

Luke Bankes has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 35.65, set at Wildcat Holiday 2017, puts him in the top 71.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 43,292nd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since March 2017, he has put 34 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.63 in March 2017 to 35.65, a 20% improvement. Luke has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 71.4% of 284,439 all-time
35.65
signature single · Wildcat Holiday 2017
34
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×335.6545.19
top 71.4%43,292 / 59,724
2×210.7813.87
top 80.8%33,482 / 40,951
Pyraminx16.0121.15
top 85.1%25,112 / 28,708

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

Howland High Spring 2017: 44.63Shaker Spring 2017: 40.59Wildcat Holiday 2017: 35.6535.6544.6311 Mar 20179 Dec 2017

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 5.65 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 0.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.