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Luke Palen

3×3 · top 70.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2020 · 2020PALE02

Luke Palen has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 34.82, set at Babylon Winter 2020, puts him in the top 70.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 42,476th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since February 2020, he has put 19 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.44 in February 2020 to 34.82, a 16% improvement. Luke has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 70.2% of 284,439 all-time
34.82
signature single · Babylon Winter 2020
19
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×334.8235.90
top 70.2%42,476 / 59,724
2×28.9416.75
top 73.2%30,262 / 40,951
Skewb14.4124.92
top 76.3%14,500 / 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

Cubing with the Viking 2020: 41.44Babylon Winter 2020: 34.8234.8241.4422 Feb 202029 Feb 2020

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 4.82 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.