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Luke Burong

3×3 · top 0.84% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014BURO01

Luke Burong has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.48, set at Puzzling Pinjarra 2021, puts him in the top 0.84% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 88th in Australia. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since August 2014, he has put 1,605 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.91 in August 2014 to 6.48, a 53% improvement. Luke has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.84% of 284,439 all-time
6.48
signature single · Puzzling Pinjarra 2021
1,605
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×36.488.20
top 0.84%88 / 11,709
3×3 one-handed11.7216.08
top 2.7%67 / 2,659
4×430.4835.45
top 3.1%80 / 3,051
2×21.863.59
top 3.9%303 / 8,567
Skewb2.886.48
top 4.4%138 / 3,534
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves—
early days — 2 solves56 / 468
Megaminx1:07.781:22.18
top 14.3%175 / 1,277
5×51:16.661:29.14
top 16.6%217 / 1,356
Clock8.8110.34
top 19.0%210 / 1,095
Pyraminx6.819.66
top 26.3%1,341 / 5,993
3×3 blindfolded5:01.91—
early days — 1 solve329 / 394

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

Australian Nationals 2014: 13.91Perth Winter 2015: 10.63Perth Summer 2016: 9.63Perth Cube-Con 2016: 10.23Perth Winter 2016: 8.55Perth Summer 2017: 8.93Perth Winter 2017: 8.50Perth Autumn 2018: 8.47Perth Puzzle Party 2019: 8.52Koalafication Perth 2019: 8.19WCA World Championship 2019: 7.60Westcoast Woodvale Weekends 2019: 8.47Perth Puzzle Party 2020: 9.03Perth Late Night 2020: 8.61Speedy South Perth 2020: 8.02South Perth Summer 2020: 8.46York Cube Day 2021: 8.34Showground Showdown 2021: 7.44Craigie Cube-Off 2021: 7.94WA State Championship 2021: 8.13Rockingham Rapid 2021: 8.43Fremantle Fast Fingers 2021: 7.73Puzzling Pinjarra 2021: 6.48Perth 10 Year Anniversary 2021: 7.78Perth Underground Open 2022: 7.88Perth Autumn 2022: 7.89WA Open 2022: 8.81Perth Puzzle Marathon 2022: 7.76Australian Nationals 2022: 7.89Perth Summer 2023: 7.58Hurry Up Karrinyup 2023: 7.39Freo Cube-Off 2023: 7.836.4813.9116 Aug 201416 Apr 2023

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.