Rubik's Cube
1-200, 201-400, 401-600, 601-800, 801-1000, 1001-1200, 1201-1400, 1401-1600, 1601-1800, 1801-2000, 2001-2200, 2201-2400
PlaceResultNameQuoteDate
40118.06 secondsLuke Maynyea just fast20080519
40118.06 secondsKevin KapinosI had an easy x-cross. Non-lucky20080926
40318.08 secondsTommy GustavssonDone about six months ago. 20080828
40318.08 secondsTeo Kai Xiangquite nice20080927
40518.25 secondsMáté Horváthn/a20061215
40618.26 secondsCham Chenn/a20070927
40718.27 secondsClément GalletAbout 5 sec. (Sune + U pll). 
40818.28 secondsYudi Begegmy fastest lucky time but not skip20071119
40918.29 secondsShane Springern/a20060306
41018.32 secondsLuigi Yotokoim grade 6(11 yrs old) slow f2l. just very lucky!!20080808
41118.33 secondsAlex RamirezJust did good, wasn't lucky.20070625
41118.33 secondsTami Sayangfastest cubergirl in indonesia!20080523
41318.34 secondsZoltán LábszkiThere was a fast F2L and there wasn't PLL20060717
41318.34 secondsRachel FongJust cubing at lunch. Non lucky, but the F2L was pretty nice.20080429
41518.35 secondsMathieu Terrienn/a20070408
41518.35 secondsJoshua WoelmerDone at lunch today. No skips, but really easy f2l.20081021
41718.37 secondsGreg Austinive come a long way since november, and i hope to go further :)20070313
41818.38 secondsYang Hae Chanhttp://cafe.naver.com/atg333.cafe?iframe_url=/ArticleRead.nhn%3Farticleid=1695720081121
41918.40 secondsJeffrey ZhangBeat my old record by 0.03 seconds. I'm not sure if I'll beat this in a while :20080106
41918.40 secondsJoshua GeiWow! First sub-20! Quite nice, everything was smooth. Got an H perm at the end.20080926
42118.41 secondsJeremiah RielyNon lucky, extended cross and easy LL cases. Six months since I first solved a cube. Best average so far is 24.02. I use Jiri method. I made up my F2L "algs", and I've learned most of OLL cases, I think I have about 12 more to learn.20050208
42218.42 secondsRyan MahYou have many reasons to be scared.. MUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 
42218.42 secondsNed WilliamsonI'm doing alot better. I hope to beat this record one day.20050613
42418.53 secondsPaul LinNot lucky, just perfect :).20050523
42518.55 secondsBill McGaughUsed a computer scramble. Easy cases for the last layer. Done on a Stackmat.20040501
42618.57 secondsJoël Heymbeeck4 moves cross, 1 f2l already done and my favorites OLL and PLL, and a new cube =)20050622
42618.57 secondsCarlo D'Innocentevery lucky case.simply F2L, orienting edges and sune
Italian Rubik's Cube Group
My website
20060327
42818.59 secondsAymeric Nguyennon-lucky = R D' B L B' D B' U B U2 B' R2 U D' B2 D2 R' D U' B' F' U2 B L F20051103
42918.61 secondsJibril Caratini-SottoPas de chance, juste de bons enchainements. Ce serait bien d'en arriver lŕ en moyenne. 
43018.63 secondsEvan Gateso yeah. 
43118.67 secondsRobert SchlichtGetting better, 4th sub-20 solve ever. Hope to break 17 soon.20071206
43218.69 secondsRafael AlgarinAverage 26.5 seconds. Don't take any of this too seriously. 
43318.70 secondsEric AlmirolAwesome solve. My first sub-20 solve. Non-Lucky. Benn cubing for five months. Tips please. Email me @ yoyoguy777@yahoo.com 20070709
43418.73 secondsJohn Phungn/a20070602
43518.75 secondsChristophe ThiriotMy first sub-20 not lucky but very smoth F2L. In my first average of 2006.20060101
43518.75 secondsVincenzo MilemaciNot skipp. My first sub20.20081021
43718.76 secondsMathieu Farriern/a 
43718.76 secondsBob PetersMy average time is now at 25 seconds and I look forward to putting it all on the line in Toronto in 2003. 
43718.76 secondsJMson J. Calalangi was just practicing using the jnett timer. scrambled it from the scramble given and suddenly i got this time. i average around 25secs less. hope i could get an sub20 average soon.20080428
44018.78 secondsJoe AllenMy best non-lucky time. Was also part of my best average, so far.200404
44118.79 secondsTan Yu Songn/a20080206
44218.83 secondsMikkel Riise LundI had an okay average and thought I would have a nice time. Then I made this one :D First real sub-20. Feels goood20070116
44318.86 secondsDavid Keathleyn/a20060503
44318.86 secondsMichel HopYessss!!! First sub 20! Easy. but not lucky. Normal F2l with very fast last layer; the sune and A-perm.20070202
44518.94 secondsChris ThiessenOnly have 4 sub-20 times. Fastest lucky is 18.16. I made these records practicing for the 07 Winter CalTech and never got around to posting them.20070303
44618.98 secondsCameron WebleyMy first under 20 solve, and was technically not lucky. I had to go through every step of my solution, just had the easiest cases for each step. 
44618.98 secondsBrian Foartn/a20060113
44818.99 secondsRichie Wongn/a20060224
44818.99 secondsKenny KornI got this at school with the new speed stack timer i got.20071024
45019 secondsJarno BrunoMy average is now 27,1 seconds
World of Rubik's
 
45019 secondsRomain HugonieI love that! 
45019 secondsKenneth BrandonIf only this was my average . perhaps someday. 
45019 secondsTyler DicouYeah! I finnally did it! I used Petrus method with my own little spin on things.20060821
45019 secondsBrandon Menningern/a20061217
45019 secondsTrey WestrichIronically, this is my fastest time for a non-lucky solve, and my best lucky solve is very close to this. Not sure on the exact hundredths or even tenths because I was using my phone's stopwatch. Previous posted record: 26.2420070913
45619.01 secondsShane GaitleyDid this a while ago during one of the few averages i actually care to do. Im all out with the Magic baby.20051115
45719.02 secondsTor RobinsonRubix Cubes RULE! And always remember, PRACTISE makes PERFECT!!! :-) 
45819.03 secondsNikko Decembranowww.pinoyspeedcuber.com20080225
45919.04 secondsGuillaume Colinn/a 
46019.05 secondsKarlson PfannschmidtAt the moment I am improving much of my PLL and OLL Algorithms. I do not take times often, so I think I can do it much faster.20060220
46119.07 secondsGunnar OlgrenHey I admit it, I was lucky!20060301
46219.08 secondsSimon WillisDone during my old best average of 10, 19 July 2008. Non-lucky, easy F2L, sune, 3-edge cycle.20081021
46319.11 secondsThomas Le RouxYeah !!! My first sub-20 solve ever ! I done the first layer in about 8 seconds the second in 7 and the last (3-look) in 4. A not very good second layer but a perfect last layer ! This was not lucky at all.20050908
46319.11 secondsAdam EgertonFinally My First Sub-20 Solve!!! =)
3 Move cross, slightly fast F2L
very fast OLL, and PLL Skip!
20080507
46519.12 secondsBrendan Trinhyayy!! timed on a stackmat! wow.. this was completely unlucky. my second sub 20 solve!20070602
46619.13 secondsMichael Gottlieb6-move OLL and an F permutation. It was a very fast solve for me!20070304
46719.16 secondsMichael SablotnyMy third ever sub-20 non-lucky solve. felt good :)20061029
46719.16 secondsJosh JamesNon-lucky solve achieved during an average of 25.60 seconds on 9/11/07. This is my third non-lucky sub-20 solve.20070911
46719.16 secondsAlex CourrauYeah!!! SUB 20!!! Good cross execution, paired all 2nd layer edges, fast LL algs!! This was AMAZING!
Take that CodeRed
-Presidente Cubin
20071021
47019.20 secondsAndy WongD B' R2 B' F R2 F2 B R2 F' L B R' D' F2 U2 D2 B2 U' F U' B2 R2 U' R
Non-lucky
20061103
47119.27 secondsPelle NordforsFLF'R'F2 DB2D2R'D R'F'L'DR D'B2L2F'D2 B2U2RF2R'
I'll learn LL algorithms soon, so watch out!
20071214
47219.28 secondsKegham KhosdeghianI was trying to see whether or not music makes me cube faster, and getting rick rolled made me break 20!!20081116
47319.30 secondsEzekiel InocencioFinally i beat my record from like a year ago!!!I thank God, my family, all my friends, people i met at places and ofcourse my instructor peter. wow i got this record and i'm only 13 years old.yeah!!! still learning F2L.adults watch out!:)20070426
47419.31 secondsVernon Rodriguezwebsite
not lucky.
20080426
47519.44 secondsLoic FremontNice ! Fast f2l (for me) and pll skipped. Therefore it was a little lucky but it's my first sub20 time. Now the fast f2l algorithms of Bertrand Bordage are available on my site ! My site. 
47619.47 secondsLuc Yefirst time under 20 seconds20070322
47619.47 secondsHakan Denizn/a20080627
47819.51 secondsKeith SauerFirst non-lucky sub-20.20040515
47819.51 secondsBen LamSurprising solve!20070404
48019.53 secondsJasmine LeeMy first non-lucky sub-20s solve! Did this at the Mid-Atlantic cuber gathering in Maryland.20070413
48119.55 secondsJon Ranesn/a 
48219.56 secondsPeter LiebhardtSort of lucky20071116
48219.56 secondsConnor GrievesMy Current PB :)20080423
48419.60 secondsZe Chenn/a20080706
48519.64 secondsAdam FieldThis was just a really good cube for me. It feels really good to get real fast ones and now I'm past the 20 sec barrier. http://students.washington.edu/fielda 
48619.66 secondsPrabhat PutchakayalaOh wow, I jumped 5 seconds in a week. Not lucky at all. I solve using a Fridrich 3 look LL, and I anticipated one of the looks.20040820
48719.67 secondsDennis StrehlauYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!
First sub 20!
Finally;).some more will follow:).
20080117
48819.69 secondsSean ConnollyWoohoo! Finally broke the 20 seconds barrier. Only took me 4.5 years since I started cubing again to do this! However, it was a little lucky. I got an easy VH cross on inserting my 4th F2L pair, skipped corner positioning. Had the easiest rotation of the final corners and a 3-cycle of LL edges to complete! ;-) I don't expect to beat 20 seconds anytime soon. My average is around 31 seconds now!
Cosine-Systems Website
20070406
48919.70 secondsJosé A. DomínguezIt's my second sub-20. I hope reach an average near this time soon!20050916
49019.71 secondsRyan Lockwoodgood scramble my first sub-20 i was so excited!i average high 20's and low 30's20070505
49119.72 secondsPeck Ern-Wenn/a20081121
49219.75 secondsDerrick Chann/a20050610
49219.75 secondsRadu Faciumy first sub 20 solve. OMG. :d i'm so excited. it wasn't lucky but very easy scramble in my opinion
here it is
B2 L2 D L2 U2 F' U L' B2 D' B2 F' D R D' U F' U D F2 D R B U B2
20071228
49419.77 secondsZachary McWilliamsMy first sub-20!!!20080627
49519.82 secondsLeif SabellekThis was my first sub-20 time. That is much better than my normal times, but it wasn't lucky! I've just always seen the next step immediately.
Visit my homepage leif.primfaktor.de!
20070824
49619.83 secondsChun Hei Uwe WongIf you guys remember me from caltech fall, I am a newb, I started cubing in september 2004 and it is now november 2004 and I can sub 20! no lucky cases.200411
49619.83 secondsChip BruchezMy fastest solve yet, done on my transparent DIY cube.20070131
49819.84 secondsRoss HalleyF2L virtually solved themselves, all I had to do was position and orient LL.20060329
49919.85 secondsAleksi SillanpääPractising for upcoming Finnish Open :D20071203
50019.86 secondsChris ParletteMy first sub-20 solve! It took me 3yrs 6mos to get sub-20. Looking ahead is key!20051120
50019.86 secondsTan Beng KaiMy first sub-20 solve! Like ZOMG I thought I would never break the 20 second barrier in forever! Seeing that some guys took about 3+years to reach their first sub-20, I'm quite happy! Though I'm not fastest in school yet with a best average of 24.24 seconds..20071018
50219.89 secondsGrant TregayI got this time while doing the Sunday Contest. It wasn't technically lucky, but the F2L just fell together nicely, and it ended with an easy 2 look LL.20030427
50219.89 secondsDusan PudisFinally, I have broken 20s barrier (non lucky case).20050601
50419.91 secondsAxel Thurgod bad times and then this one happend first sub-20
Cross: F2 L R` F2
OLL: R2 D' R U2 R' D' R U2 R
PLL: R U' R U R U R U' R' U' R2
20080305
50519.93 secondsOlivér NagyIt is my first sub 20 record!!!
It was wery fast, but non-lucky! The cross was only 3 turns, and the F2L's was almost only just a paste.
In the LL I had two easy algorithms.
Rubikkocka.hu
20060310
50619.97 secondsPeter BabcockYAY!! Sub20 at last. This was just sooooo good.20050509
50619.97 secondsClaes Hedin1 wrong move on PLL (did L' instead of L but saw it before started the algorithm)20080926
50819.98 secondsFabricio Gaman/a20080930
50920 secondsSapan UpadhyayIn front of a crowd.. man it was awesome. 
50920 secondsKimmo Kuitunenn/a 
51120.04 secondsPhilippe FarrierSo close from sub20 ! 
51220.09 secondsRioan Jasminn/a20081029
51320.10 secondsMark Kangn/a20060214
51420.14 secondsYannick MartinTimed with a stackmat.. next will be sub-20!20071015
51420.14 secondsMarcus Naslundn/a20080329
51620.15 secondsJak Sonesits ok20080714
51720.17 secondsBlake O'HareRubik's Cube Solution at nerdparadise.com20050724
51820.25 secondsBryan LoganNeed to learn more algorithms. 20060910
51920.27 secondsTakeshi AkuzawaI'm gonna break the 20seconds barrier.20070311
52020.32 secondsMike HugheyRecognition was really quick and easy throughout, and two of the corner/edge pairs were pretty easy.20080426
52120.34 secondsSimon RahtzYay I am from Australia (my fastest lucky is 17)20060708
52120.34 secondsDuncan McNeilMy best before that was 24.91, pretty large jump.20080502
52320.36 secondsPontus AhlqvistI've had some times around 15s but I average 25-30s. 
52320.36 secondsMatthew FenimoreI'm from Australia also :) Smoothest solve so far, and first 20.xx- Just beat me this time Simon, but thanks for lending your cube to me :D20060731
52320.36 secondsSuchot Subwilawann/a20071114
52620.43 secondsCasey HurlburtRecorded using cubetimer.com quick cross, smoothe f2l spent last three months swithing from petris to fiendrich f2l not to mention learning the otther 50 oll withouth the cross. pretty happy with this20080627
52720.45 secondsArtur Justyńskinear sub20. but the best LC is 18.24!!! but avr. is not good.. :P20060621
52820.46 secondsKaoru MaedaNot a lucky case.20020719
52920.47 secondsMikael Nyberg9th scramble in the Sunday Contest 22th of May. The solve was in no way lucky, just very fluent :D20050522
53020.50 secondsStefan Schönwälder.wasn't lucky by definition as I did not jump any step. But isn't a fast time always lucky? 
53120.55 secondsRishi KumarWow this was awesome, almost got the sub-20 mark. Special thanx to Yinjia Qiu, my cubing idol. 
53220.56 secondsUmmon KarpeEasy 2x2x3 block. I was able to visualize the 2x2x3 block formation in my head while inspecting! The rest was nice and smooth. Too bad it wasn't sub-20. Did it while preparing for Berkeley Fall20071117
53320.57 secondsGauthier Auben/a 
53420.61 secondsMilan KantesariaAnother one while studying bio. Maybe its magic.
F2 R D2 U' F2 B R B' L D2 U F' L2 B D' L' F B2 D F2 R' B' F' R' U'
20080423
53520.65 secondsJacob RuethI ate a cookies and this is what happened. 
53620.68 secondsPaul Dangmy fingers where hot.20070209
53720.69 secondsBrandon ShawHOLY CRAP, that felt good. Not overly lucky either. Though I would say the moves were much easier than normal. 
53820.70 secondsHamish Wattmy first 20.xx. have been under 20 seconds twice now, both pll skips. need a new cube with decent stickers and thats not loose as. fastest in New Zealand???20060123
53920.75 secondsWim Lambrechtsno lucky solve.20060622
54020.76 secondsChristophe Woittequandnext is single sub 20.20060802
54120.78 secondsPatrick Fonghttp://timer.tj9991.com/stats.php F2L was very smooth with no delays, OLL and PLL were normal.20061008
54220.82 secondsMackenzie BlakeMY NEW PB!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not very good though. learning fredirich f2l and the OLL's and PLL's should be around 15 soon!20080627
54320.87 secondsBenjamin OpazoI dont remember much, it was on january of this year (2007) but i remeber that was very fast20070710
54320.87 secondsDaniel RaloffSuperfast cross, easy F2L, easy OLL and PLL20080430
54520.88 secondsRay WangEvery time I do a 100 solves average I get a new record.
Maybe I should do the 100 solves more often.
20071124
54620.89 secondsEmilio HemkenI got this during the first day of spring break. I had another solve at 20 sec but it was with a hand watch so i don't know the decimal. I'm working on getting sub 20.20060414
54720.95 secondsJason PreissigI use an almost Findrich method. I know most PLL and a few OLL algs. No skipped steps.20060906
54820.98 secondsKonsta JukkaI'm relatively new speedcuber and my next best non-lucky solve is 23.55,
but I normally average about 30 sec.
I don't have that good finger tricks yet: 20.98 video
20070906
54921 secondsRhodri Mativoim very proud of my time. i hope to break 20 seconds very soon20060523
54921 secondsMichael SeteraNot a lucky case just went very smoothly from start to finish.
The Proxy Bay
International Academy 2010
20080302
55121.03 secondsBruno AzevedoYeah! Brasil20060205
55121.03 secondsAlex Kumakin/a20080506
55321.08 secondsHeidi Schatzi just found this record in my e-mail outbox. it never sent. oh well. october 30th was a good day.20051030
55321.08 secondsJonah D. Cidrohayyy mahinay na ak asenso-gusto ko na ini it ak ave pls give me tips20080911
55321.08 secondsYandong Lin/a20081121
55621.09 secondsOrso de VeroI'm sorry but i haven't any link for show my record.this is my best.very lucky case:
cross and F2L done in 11 seconds then in the LL i was too excited so I've done a lot of mistakes.
20080517
55721.15 secondsJoel StĺbisMy fastest non lucky solve. Fastest lucky solve is 18.15s.20040609
55821.19 secondsTakahito Domonn/a 
55921.25 secondsAaron ChungFastest I have EVER moved my fingers ^^~ 
55921.25 secondsKolos KántorI achieved this time at a Hungarian Rubik's cube competition but unfortunatelly it wasn't official. It wasn't a lucky solve rather a normal one so I very proud of myself. Now I'm trying to go under 20 sec. Good luck for everyone!20051108
56121.33 secondsJimy Marky Yeomn/a20060210
56221.34 secondsNicky LewisNon-lucky, 3look LL.20060506
56321.40 secondsManuel Menapacen/a20080426
56421.45 secondsTheodore ChaoFast cross, decent f2l, and smooth OLL and PLL.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3UZ86Asjc8
20070517
56421.45 secondsKenneth WongHad to partially backtrack a 3-edge when I started doing it CCW when it should have been CW, so I could have gotten my first sub-20, but didn't.20071011
56621.47 secondsMicael HellbergI think it is rather good time. But I will aim for 15 or so! 
56721.58 secondsEvan Sparksvery challenging puzzle, first u need to understand the way the cubes is functioned around the 6 colors, then make the neccesary arangmets20070102
56721.58 secondsSam Chapmannon-lucky. scramble from jnet cubetimer. sub-20 isn't far away!20080119
56921.60 secondsJoe Woestendiekn/a20080320
57021.63 secondsDan SmithI was at an ice rink. again.
Previous record: 23.96
20070227
57121.64 secondsJoey WoestmanThis was a fast and efficient solve for me. The cross went in with little effort, efficient (for me) F2L, two look LL. It was great! My site. 
57121.64 secondsPierra GagnonMy friends were with me and I told them to shut up while I was solving because I knew this was going to be my new record D20080716
57321.71 secondsKevin Lauhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=fFep_POP8_Y
It was sune and easy pll
20071116
57421.72 secondsFrancesco MasseiAnd I can do even better. Oh yeah. 
57521.77 secondsBen Liuuh. yay. working corner, I know all the PLL except for the ones that are combinations of three edge and three corner shuffles. don't know 1 look OLL, so orient edges then corners.20070503
57621.78 secondsAlex Kwiecinskino luck short alg's on the last layer. practiced just F2L for a few days and it really paid off on this solve. My website.20051119
57621.78 secondsBrad DavisMy puzzle does not turn very fast.20080707
57821.8 secondsMatt Lagrandeur;) 
57921.81 secondsTeruki MiyazakiI need to practice more to get sub 20 seconds.20060816
58021.84 secondsMickael LatoccaJessica friedish method, very good, my best personnal20080830
58121.85 secondsHiroki Nishidatenot lucky case. I'm satisfied with this result very much.20060830
58221.89 secondsThanakrit Tongdeelertn/a20080124
58321.9 secondsChris GilsdorfUsed preinspection. My timer only displays seconds, but this solve was right at the end of the second. Sub-20 is in my sights. 
58421.96 secondsBastiaan Malotauxn/a20081121
58521.97 secondsLian ParkDid the F2L and the Three-look LL(Last Layer)20070901
58521.97 secondsMads Mohr ChristensenU2 B' U2 L2 B U2 F L' U2 L2 B' F L F' U2 B' D2 L B2 F' D2 R' U F' B20080331
58721.99 secondsChristopher LesterI love Lilly! Just finished learning OLL, dropped my average by about 3 seconds.20060827
58721.99 secondsZebadiah W. ZiegenbeinWOW! I finally beat my old record. My old record was 23.25 seconds and now it is 21.99 seconds. I am now have solved the cube faster than the 1982 Worlds winner. I am so happy right now. It was a great solve. It started out great and the F2L went together so fast. I only had one piece to place. In inspection I noticed one pair was done so that always helps. And the Final Layer went together with about as easy as you could get. Great Solve and Great Time. Wow I can't believe I beat my old time. Maybe it was my new Rubik's Cube. Just bought it and got it lubed. and the first time was 27.54 seconds then I had a 34 second. Then on the third timed solve I pull out the 21.99. Great. Now it is going to be Sub 20. I love my new cube and Emma Reed.20070219
58922 secondsNathan "N8" ChristieIt is so nice when you solve your F2L so slow and effeciently and then just fly through your LL. Everybody check out my new new site!20031004
58922 secondsJameson O'ConnorThis was my fastest time ever. Unfortunately, the person that was timing me counted in his head, though I believe he was counting at about the right speed, also, the cube was mixed up very badly so I didn't have to do anything for the first three steps. I accomplished this record at Wildhorse Canyon. 
58922 secondsKassie AleenIt is hard but anybody can do it!!! 
59222.07 secondsJaroslaw KrzyzanowskiI'm happy.20060824
59322.11 secondsRowan Kinneavynot bad. am sure ive done faster just not with a timer around.20080727
59422.14 secondsMartin Singsondang. ive done faster but this one wasnt lucky. just learned F2L and hopefully gonna learn a 2-look. i cant wait to get a legit sub-19. happy cubing FTW!!!!20051203
59422.14 secondsBarng Yong-baen/a20051220
59422.14 secondsZachary Kartzov-RoyNot a lucky solve, I was just able to look ahead on every step (which usually doesn't happen).20070430
59722.17 secondsJo Eun GwangI'm korean. Very lucky time. Average around 35 sec. be happy~ lol20050225
59822.18 secondsZeke Pullannon-lucky. My fastest time!! Fridrich method, I will improve.20081029
59922.19 secondsIman RastegariWow! I don't even remember if this was lucky at all or what happened -- it happened so fast! I've been working on cutting down delays between steps . . . and it appears to be working! I've been a bit rusty as I haven't been practicing much recently but I've finally beaten my record of 22.28 (it's been a while). I'm still amazed that I've achieved faster than the old Guinness World Record (now more than once) which had seemed like such an unattainable dream when I first started cubing. Hopefully I'll have enough time to keep up my edge and continue improving my times.20051006
60022.24 secondsKevin KellyWow! I can't believe I broke the old World Record (1982). F2L went very fast because I was relaxed and could look ahead really well.