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Linh Son Luu

3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2021 · 2021LUUL01

Linh Son Luu has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.27, set at Rhein-Sieg Open 2026, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 96th in Germany. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 43 competitions since October 2021, he has put 2,581 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.48 in October 2021 to 7.27, a 37% improvement. Linh has entered 43 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time
7.27
signature single · Rhein-Sieg Open 2026
2,581
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×37.279.95
top 1.7%96 / 4,109
2×21.502.89
top 2.2%101 / 2,875
3×3 one-handed12.5716.31
top 3.8%53 / 1,314
4×432.1941.50
top 4.3%86 / 1,934
Pyraminx3.725.53
top 6.3%148 / 1,987
3×3 blindfolded39.131:14.59
top 6.6%18 / 343
Skewb3.595.66
top 8.3%107 / 1,169
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves33.33
top 9.9%57 / 338
Clock7.579.28
top 13.2%75 / 634
Megaminx1:10.011:18.26
top 15.6%114 / 787
5×51:17.351:24.72
top 17.1%172 / 1,158
Square-115.4619.69
top 17.5%81 / 533
6×63:02.783:11.75
top 42.4%207 / 586
7×75:25.665:44.79
top 58.5%247 / 510
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 10 cubes · 43:54—
early days — 1 solve141 / 142

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

Rhein-Neckar Open A 2021: 11.48German Mini Open B 2022: 11.89Rhein-Neckar Open 2022: 10.89German Nationals 2022: 11.41Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2022: 11.18Hanoi Open 2022: 10.26Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2022: 11.26Rhein-Neckar Open 2023: 10.41Cubing in HD 2023: 11.61Hessen Open 2023: 10.06German Nationals 2023: 9.13Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2023: 10.02Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2023: 10.60South Germany 2023: 11.01Rhein-Neckar Autumn 2023: 10.13Franconia Winter 2023: 9.60Cube Madness Schweinfurt 2023: 10.34Rhein-Neckar Beginners 2024: 8.89Cubing in HD 2024: 9.76Hessen Open 2024: 9.85Kölner Kubing 2024: 9.90Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2024: 10.56Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2024: 8.88Crazy Cologne Cubing 2024: 8.39Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 8.97Frankfurt Cube Days 2024: 8.44Back to Berlin 2024: 7.76Rhein-Neckar Winter 2024: 9.35Mainzelcubing 2025: 9.51Hessen Open 2025: 9.28Rhein-Sieg Open 2025: 9.47Rubik's German Nationals 2025: 8.52Rhein-Neckar Complete Breakdown 2025: 9.93South Germany 2025: 9.45Rhein-Sieg Open 2026: 7.27Darmstadt Open 2026: 8.29Hessen Open 2026: 8.84Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 11.23Rubik's German Nationals 2026: 9.967.2711.8916 Oct 202128 Aug 2026

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.

  • Noah Kraft — met in 436 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Alexander Botz — met in 382 rounds, finished ahead 53 times
  • Alwin Rölz — met in 335 rounds, finished ahead 13 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.