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Kevin Luu
3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022LUUK01
Kevin Luu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.97, set at Orange County Newcomers 2024, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 794th in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since May 2022, he has put 95 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.54 in May 2022 to 6.97, an 18% improvement. Kevin has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 6.97 | 8.56 | top 1.3% | 794 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 38.83 | 42.40 | top 10.7% | 1,591 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 2.96 | 3.50 | top 13.8% | 5,409 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 16.96 | 22.98 | top 20.9% | 1,400 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.18 | 24.69 | top 20.9% | 2,680 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.31 | 11.94 | top 30.4% | 8,465 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 1:36.04 | 1:52.76 | top 32.1% | 2,270 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 20.31 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,604 / 8,927 |
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
- 14 May 2022First competition: Long Beach Spring 2022. A 10.73 3×3 single to start from.
- 14 May 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.54 at Long Beach Spring 2022.
Competitions
- Orange County Newcomers 2024 · 3 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Fullerton Winter 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Long Beach Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 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.
- Will Calderon — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Nate Minkevich — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Ryan Morrison — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.