People · United States
Lincoln Blaes
Skewb · top 14.1% of 74,164 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025BLAE01
Lincoln Blaes has been competing for a year. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 4.44, set at Oldham County Fall 2025, puts him in the top 14.1% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,219th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since October 2025, he has put 93 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.00 in October 2025 to 15.51, a 26% improvement. Lincoln has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 4.44 | 9.91 | top 14.1% | 2,219 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 15.51 | 20.20 | top 26.2% | 14,539 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 4.20 | 6.02 | top 29.1% | 11,734 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 1:17.39 | 1:28.94 | top 53.8% | 9,271 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.54 | 50.08 | top 67.5% | 9,762 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 28.09 | — | early days — 3 solves | 7,457 / 9,172 | |
| Pyraminx | 15.03 | 20.77 | top 81.9% | 24,621 / 29,168 |
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 Feb 2026First sub-20 3×3: 15.51 at Vanderbilt Winter 2026.
- 18 Oct 2025First competition: Oldham County Fall 2025. A 21.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cardinal Country KY Cubing 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cookeville Cube Challenge 2026 · 13 Jun 2026
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Vanderbilt Winter 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Coosa Cubing Clash 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
- Oldham County Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
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.
- Benjamin Craft — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Dominic Redisi — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Matias Marcantoni-Nunez — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.