People · Australia
Luke Snell
2×2 · top 7.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016SNEL01
Luke Snell has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.32, set at Melbourne Cube Days 2017, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 555th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2016, he has put 148 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.50 in March 2016 to 11.54, a 15% improvement. Luke has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.32 | 4.46 | top 7.3% | 555 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 | 11.54 | 13.97 | top 12.4% | 1,115 / 11,943 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.07 | 7.35 | top 20.6% | 1,030 / 6,109 | |
| Square-1 | 27.89 | 34.13 | top 45.5% | 446 / 920 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.84 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,389 / 3,108 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 39.52 | 51.94 | top 64.7% | 1,542 / 2,685 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Nov 2017Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Cube Days 2017.
- 19 Mar 2016First competition: Cubing Classic 2016. A 13.50 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- St Kevin's College Spring 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- ASFA Speedcubing 2018 · 17 Mar 2018
- Melbourne Cube Days 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- POPS Open 2016 · 11 Dec 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Connor's Cube Day 2016 · 29 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Autumn 2016 · 30 Apr 2016
- Cubing Classic 2016 · 19 Mar 2016 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Feliks Zemdegs — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Shearwood — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ethan Stevens — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.