People · United States
Luca Black
3×3 · top 1.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017BLAC02
Luca Black has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.04, set at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 863rd in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since May 2017, he has put 409 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.87 in May 2017 to 7.04, a 76% improvement. Luca has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 7.04 | 7.83 | top 1.4% | 863 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 1.90 | 2.71 | top 4.2% | 1,659 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 36.66 | 37.53 | top 8.4% | 1,286 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.13 | 19.16 | top 10.6% | 1,418 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:08.75 | 1:14.12 | top 10.8% | 855 / 9,537 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.73 | 6.80 | top 11.6% | 3,060 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 5.01 | 7.68 | top 18.3% | 2,929 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 1:17.82 | 1:44.12 | top 20.4% | 1,428 / 8,026 | |
| 6×6 | 2:35.56 | 2:42.15 | top 28.5% | 1,022 / 4,262 | |
| Square-1 | 24.92 | 29.63 | top 39.1% | 2,573 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 67 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,020 / 2,059 |
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
- 3 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025.
- 5 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Eugene Harvest Cubing 2024.
- 13 Sep 2024Six personal bests in one day at Oregon Championship 2024.
- 11 May 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.90 at PortlaNxNd 2024.
- 2 Jun 2018Four personal bests in one day at Oregon State Favorites 2018.
- 6 Apr 2018Six personal bests in one day at Atomic Cubing Spring 2018.
Competitions
- Rose City OR 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Oregon State Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Couve Cubing Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Eugene Harvest Cubing 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Oregon Championship 2024 · 13 Sep 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- PortlaNxNd 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Oregon State Favorites 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Atomic Cubing Spring 2018 · 6 Apr 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Keep Portland Quiet 2018 · 24 Mar 2018
- PDX Cubing for Causes 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Northwest Championships 2017 · 11 Aug 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Rose City 2017 · 20 May 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.
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Clancy Caster — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- Tripp Peters — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.