People · United Kingdom
Luke Wood
2×2 · top 6.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023WOOD07
Luke Wood has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.27, set at Lincolnshire Autumn 2024, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 477th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since February 2023, he has put 190 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.27 in February 2023 to 2.27, a 73% improvement. Luke has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.27 | 4.68 | top 6.8% | 477 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 13.64 | 18.25 | top 19.7% | 1,319 / 6,689 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.09 | 10.60 | top 20.7% | 806 / 3,656 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.13 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,116 / 2,071 | |
| Skewb | 9.64 | 15.36 | top 52.7% | 1,244 / 2,421 | |
| Clock | 23.11 | — | top 72.7% | 912 / 1,232 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 Nov 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.64 at Lincolnshire Autumn 2024.
- 23 Nov 2024Eight personal bests in one day at Lincolnshire Autumn 2024.
- 12 Oct 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.37 at Ipswich Autumn 2024.
- 1 Jul 2023First sub-30 3×3: 26.46 at Suffolk Summer 2023.
- 3 Jun 2023First sub-60 3×3: 30.93 at Peterborough Summer 2023.
- 3 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Peterborough Summer 2023.
Competitions
- Norwich Winter 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- Lincolnshire Autumn 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- Ipswich Autumn 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Lincolnshire Summer 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Norwich Summer 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Suffolk Summer 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Peterborough Summer 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Lincolnshire Winter 2023 · 25 Feb 2023
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.
- Felix Hincks — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
- Daniel Evans — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Cham J. Chambers — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.