People · United States
Adam Lucas
3×3 · top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017LUCA02
Adam Lucas has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.67, set at Cubing at the Course CT 2025, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,306th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since July 2017, he has put 173 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.05 in July 2017 to 8.67, a 77% improvement. Adam has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.67 | 11.71 | top 4.1% | 2,306 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.52 | 4.67 | top 20.5% | 8,023 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 58.73 | 1:07.05 | top 35.1% | 5,654 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.98 | 36.36 | top 41.9% | 5,621 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.77 | 10.19 | top 42.8% | 12,272 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 2:48.48 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,360 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 3:01.02 | — | top 78.4% | 7,083 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 16.38 | 33.87 | top 82.4% | 15,813 / 18,907 |
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
- 4 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.67 at Cubing at the Course CT 2025.
- 18 Mar 2018First sub-20 3×3: 18.52 at WPI Winter Cube Day 2018.
- 18 Mar 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.80 at WPI Winter Cube Day 2018.
- 18 Mar 2018Three personal bests in one day at WPI Winter Cube Day 2018.
- 1 Oct 2017First sub-30 3×3: 21.95 at WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017.
- 1 Jul 2017First competition: Lexington Summer 2017. A 38.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing at the Course CT 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Westport Summer 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Ridge Cubing Fall 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Hudson Valley Summer 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Winter 2019 · 9 Feb 2019
- The Battle of Lexington 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- New York City Fall 2018 · 21 Oct 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- WPI Winter Cube Day 2018 · 18 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Summer 2017 · 1 Jul 2017
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.
- Krish Shah-Nathwani — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniel Gutierrez — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chris Chi — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.