People · United States
Lucas Bekele
3×3 · top 1.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022BEKE02
Lucas Bekele has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.43, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,155th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since December 2022, he has put 172 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.77 in December 2022 to 7.43, a 37% improvement. Lucas has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 7.43 | 10.79 | top 1.9% | 1,155 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.14 | 3.43 | top 5.8% | 2,340 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 46.67 | 49.17 | top 20.5% | 3,145 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 1:24.57 | 1:33.02 | top 24.7% | 1,744 / 8,026 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.22 | 10.14 | top 29.7% | 8,352 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.40 | 29.53 | top 29.9% | 3,920 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.22 | 1:42.16 | top 30.9% | 2,471 / 9,537 | |
| Skewb | 7.11 | 10.29 | top 34.6% | 5,922 / 19,164 | |
| Square-1 | 30.68 | 34.67 | top 50.6% | 3,365 / 6,846 |
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
- 30 Jun 2023Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Western Championship 2023.
- 25 Jun 2023First sub-10 3×3: 7.43 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023.
- 22 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at Berkeley Winter B 2023.
- 4 Dec 2022First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 40 - San Ramon 2022. A 11.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2023 · 30 Jun 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023 · 25 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter B 2023 · 22 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 40 - San Ramon 2022 · 4 Dec 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.
- Caleb Yao (姚英華) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead once
- An Le — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jason Ostdiek — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.