People · United States
Stefen Lake
2×2 · top 2.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018LAKE02
Stefen Lake has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.49, set at Yakima Valley Cubing Spring 2019, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 861st in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since December 2018, he has put 366 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.31 in December 2018 to 9.33, a 52% improvement. Stefen has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 1.49 | 3.96 | top 2.1% | 861 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 9.33 | 10.67 | top 5.7% | 3,223 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 40.18 | 44.44 | top 12.4% | 1,865 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.52 | 1:18.50 | top 14.3% | 1,109 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.68 | 23.41 | top 19.7% | 2,561 / 15,900 | |
| 7×7 | 3:32.49 | 3:55.71 | top 20.6% | 588 / 3,236 | |
| Skewb | 5.32 | 8.31 | top 20.7% | 3,344 / 19,164 | |
| 6×6 | 2:27.17 | 2:32.50 | top 24.2% | 870 / 4,262 | |
| Megaminx | 1:35.93 | 1:47.21 | top 32.1% | 2,320 / 8,026 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.45 | 11.41 | top 40.2% | 11,667 / 29,168 | |
| Square-1 | 33.76 | 42.94 | top 56.5% | 3,780 / 6,846 | |
| Clock | 20.44 | 36.60 | top 66.0% | 5,812 / 9,172 |
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
- 9 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Couve Cubing Spring 2024.
- 22 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Stumptown Speedcubing Summer 2023.
- 6 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Rose City 2023.
- 18 Feb 2023Four personal bests in one day at Sleepless in Seattle 2023.
- 24 Sep 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.77 at SnoCo NxN 2022.
- 24 Sep 2022Four personal bests in one day at SnoCo NxN 2022.
Competitions
- Couve Cubing Spring 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Stumptown Speedcubing Summer 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Rose City 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Sleepless in Seattle 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- SnoCo NxN 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- SnoCo Favorites 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Puget Sound NxNxN 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Oregon State Favorites 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Yakima Valley Cubing Spring 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Atomic Cubing Spring 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- PDX Cubing for Causes 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Puget Sound NxNxN 2018 · 8 Dec 2018
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.
- Max Siauw — met in 75 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sameer Aggarwal — met in 69 rounds, never finished ahead
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.