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Luke Pender

3×3 · top 36.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019PEND01

Luke Pender has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.62, set at Leeds Open 2019, puts him in the top 36.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,431st in the United Kingdom. Across 4 competitions since February 2019, he has put 67 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.36 in February 2019 to 18.62, a 57% improvement. Luke has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 36.0% of 284,439 all-time
18.62
signature single · Leeds Open 2019
67
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×318.6226.06
top 36.0%2,431 / 6,689
Pyraminx8.2512.93
top 38.3%1,542 / 3,656
2×28.359.59
top 70.0%3,602 / 4,895
3×3 one-handed50.75
early days — 3 solves1,404 / 1,851
Skewb17.3118.88
top 84.7%2,072 / 2,421
4×42:57.63
early days — 1 solve2,042 / 2,071

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

Manchester Open 2019: 43.36Lincoln Open 2019: 33.62British Summer Open 2019: 23.59Leeds Open 2019: 18.6218.6243.3616 Feb 201927 Jul 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.62 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.