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Luke Swander

Clock · top 22.1% of 32,048 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016SWAN04

Luke Swander has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 9.43, set at EZ Cubes Spring 2017, puts him in the top 22.1% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,706th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since November 2016, he has put 72 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.05 in November 2016 to 32.35, a 31% improvement. Luke has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 22.1% of 32,048 all-time
9.43
signature single · EZ Cubes Spring 2017
72
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Clock9.4310.67
top 22.1%1,706 / 8,927
Pyraminx8.359.40
top 39.2%11,219 / 28,708
2×26.0410.48
top 51.3%20,906 / 40,951
3×332.3538.05
top 66.5%39,945 / 59,724

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

TJHSST Fall 2016: 47.05Virginia Open Winter 2017: 32.35ODU Big Blue Spring 2017: 35.82Slow N Steady Spring 2017: 38.60Red Cross Cubing Open 2017: 32.58EZ Cubes Spring 2017: 36.41Severna Park Showdown 2017: 40.1232.3547.0519 Nov 201616 Dec 2017

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 19 Nov 2016First competition: TJHSST Fall 2016. A 47.05 3×3 single to start from.

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-8 Clock single — 4,877 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.