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Lyle Goldader

3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024GOLD06

Lyle Goldader has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.73, set at Ticonderoga 2024, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,366th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2024, he has put 153 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.98 in April 2024 to 8.73, a 33% improvement. Lyle has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time
8.73
signature single · Ticonderoga 2024
153
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.7312.45
top 4.2%2,366 / 59,724
2×22.794.61
top 11.9%4,693 / 40,951
4×452.371:01.27
top 27.6%4,277 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed24.7551.06
top 33.6%4,416 / 15,683
Skewb10.0113.03
top 55.0%9,988 / 18,907
5×52:33.022:41.60
top 67.2%5,869 / 9,401
Clock26.8429.98
top 80.0%7,063 / 8,927

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

It's About Time Bloomsburg 2024: 12.98Cubing in the Ocean County 2024: 12.36Saratoga Springs Summer 2024: 12.23Westport Summer 2024: 11.39Ticonderoga 2024: 8.73Be Placid in Lake Placid 2024: 12.60Saranac Lake 2024: 12.97Amherst Fall 2024: 9.058.7312.9827 Apr 202423 Nov 2024

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.

  • Evan Liu — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Levi Gibson — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Chris Chi — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.