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Luke Otterson

3×3 · top 58.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017OTTE01

Luke Otterson has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.61, set at Utah Spring Open 2019, puts him in the top 58.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34,391st in the United States. Across 5 competitions since March 2017, he has put 49 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.07 in March 2017 to 27.61, a 31% improvement. Luke has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 58.1% of 284,439 all-time
27.61
signature single · Utah Spring Open 2019
49
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×327.6138.21
top 58.1%34,391 / 59,724
2×27.4410.43
top 63.9%26,297 / 40,951
Skewb14.7520.96
top 77.5%14,762 / 18,907

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

Utah Megacomp II 2017: 40.07Utah Speedcube Speedoff 2017: 38.80Utah Spring Open 2018: 38.38Utah Snowball Bash 2018: 28.79Utah Spring Open 2019: 27.6127.6140.0711 Mar 201723 Mar 2019

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.61 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.