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Luke Padron

3×3 · top 17.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017PADR01

Luke Padron has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.98, set at Spring Forward 2018, puts him in the top 17.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,286th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since February 2017, he has put 69 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.65 in February 2017 to 12.98, a 43% improvement. Luke has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 17.3% of 284,439 all-time
12.98
signature single · Spring Forward 2018
69
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.9814.26
top 17.3%9,286 / 59,724
Pyraminx6.0414.58
top 20.3%5,449 / 28,708
Square-121.9228.49
top 32.3%2,086 / 6,743
4×41:01.041:06.62
top 37.6%6,070 / 19,072
2×25.196.51
top 41.7%16,742 / 40,951
Skewb8.6913.23
top 46.3%8,194 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed34.7043.18
top 56.7%7,890 / 15,683
5×52:17.59
early days — 2 solves5,121 / 9,401
6×64:53.16
early days — 1 solve3,209 / 4,196

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

Dallas Winter Variation 2017: 22.65Wake Up Late 2017: 15.94Odd Cubing Day 2018: 13.69Spring Forward 2018: 12.9812.9822.6518 Feb 20173 Mar 2018

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.04 away.

Targets move as he improves.