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Luke Holt

2×2 · top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2013 · 2013HOLT01

Luke Holt has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.32, set at Welwyn Garden City 2015, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 114th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since November 2013, he has put 523 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.80 in November 2013 to 10.75, a 68% improvement. Luke has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time
1.32
signature single · Welwyn Garden City 2015
523
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.325.17
top 1.4%114 / 4,895
3×310.7513.90
top 9.7%701 / 6,689
Pyraminx5.559.38
top 16.8%650 / 3,656
5×51:23.221:29.44
top 21.8%289 / 1,151
4×448.3855.06
top 22.6%507 / 2,071
7×74:06.054:18.25
top 33.0%157 / 459
3×3 one-handed25.4929.86
top 35.5%634 / 1,851
Skewb7.4111.64
top 36.8%874 / 2,421
Megaminx1:45.531:56.41
top 37.9%430 / 966
6×62:54.973:03.97
top 38.5%233 / 548
Square-129.2135.25
top 48.0%433 / 778

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

UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 33.80Nottingham Open 2014: 27.76Welwyn Garden City Open 2014: 18.36ABHC 2014: 15.15Welwyn Garden City 2015: 24.70Manchester Open 2016: 15.53Macclesfield Open 2016: 16.89Birmingham Open 2016: 12.93Manchester Open 2017: 14.25August Bank Holiday Competition 2017: 14.56UK Championship 2017: 10.7510.7533.8016 Nov 201327 Oct 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.