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Malcolm Lile

3×3 · top 12.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017LILE03

Malcolm Lile has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.69, set at Wiscube 2018, puts him in the top 12.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,870th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since July 2017, he has put 124 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.99 in July 2017 to 11.69, a 62% improvement. Malcolm has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.8% of 284,439 all-time
11.69
signature single · Wiscube 2018
124
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.6913.49
top 12.8%6,870 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed20.0327.79
top 20.5%2,637 / 15,683
Skewb6.127.40
top 26.6%4,348 / 18,907
4×456.581:06.81
top 32.6%5,179 / 19,072
2×24.506.27
top 32.9%13,093 / 40,951
Megaminx2:31.83
early days — 2 solves4,690 / 7,841
5×52:24.832:49.31
top 63.4%5,485 / 9,401
Square-150.64
early days — 2 solves5,075 / 6,743
Pyraminx23.0628.78
top 95.7%27,880 / 28,708

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

Hillcrest Cubing 2017: 30.99Wiscube 2017: 21.28Clock N' Cats 2018: 15.17CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 13.13Wiscube 2018: 11.69Albany Winter 2019: 12.35CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019: 13.1711.6930.991 Jul 201724 May 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 0.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.