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Lincoln Minge

3×3 · top 7.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023MING11

Lincoln Minge has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.86, set at A Buffalo Cube Day 2024, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,891st in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2023, he has put 64 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.11 in September 2023 to 9.86, a 39% improvement. Lincoln has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.1% of 284,439 all-time
9.86
signature single · A Buffalo Cube Day 2024
64
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.8611.15
top 7.1%3,891 / 59,724
4×455.081:01.27
top 30.8%4,856 / 19,072
5×52:01.09
early days — 3 solves4,185 / 9,401
Skewb10.2414.21
top 56.4%10,258 / 18,907
6×64:46.12
early days — 1 solve3,138 / 4,196

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

Appleby Fall A 2023: 16.11Thornhill Spring 2024: 11.27A Buffalo Cube Day 2024: 9.86Erie Spring 2025: 10.849.8616.1123 Sep 202326 Apr 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 5.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.