People · United States
Ren Lockwood
2×2 · top 2.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023LOCK02
Ren Lockwood has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.57, set at Brookline Favorites 2023, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 970th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2023, he has put 160 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.59 in May 2023 to 12.41, a 25% improvement. Ren has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.57 | 3.77 | top 2.5% | 970 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.83 | 6.67 | top 12.1% | 3,157 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 12.41 | 13.29 | top 15.3% | 8,200 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 10.47 | 11.59 | top 27.4% | 2,104 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.63 | 1:12.36 | top 44.5% | 7,378 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.87 | 33.03 | top 46.4% | 6,302 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 9.78 | 15.11 | top 53.5% | 9,666 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:44.13 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,390 / 9,401 |
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
- 19 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Loon Cubikon 2023.
- 3 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.50 at Brookline Favorites 2023.
- 27 May 2023First competition: New Hampshire Spring 2023. A 18.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Loon Cubikon 2024 · 24 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Brookline Favorites 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
- Salem Cubikon 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Loon Cubikon 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Brookline Favorites 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- New Hampshire Spring 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 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.
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Derek White — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Carubia — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.