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Shawn Lesniak

3×3 · top 40.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2011 · 2011LESN01

Shawn Lesniak has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.21, set at Berkeley Spring 2015, puts him in the top 40.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23,054th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since February 2011, he has put 36 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.46 in February 2011 to 20.21, a 31% improvement. Shawn has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 40.5% of 284,439 all-time
20.21
signature single · Berkeley Spring 2015
36
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×320.2126.88
top 40.5%23,054 / 59,724
2×26.027.98
top 51.1%20,807 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed1:20.77
early days — 2 solves14,278 / 15,683

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

Berkeley Winter 2011: 29.46Berkeley Fall 2011: 28.41Berkeley Spring 2015: 20.21Berkeley Winter 2016: 23.0520.2129.4612 Feb 201120 Feb 2016

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.