People · United States
Lucas Benjamin Hyles
3×3 · top 16.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022HYLE01
Lucas Benjamin Hyles has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.67, set at SacCubing XXI 2025, puts him in the top 16.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,880th in the United States. Across 13 competitions since December 2022, he has put 325 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.42 in December 2022 to 12.67, a 31% improvement. Lucas has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 12.67 | 15.02 | top 16.4% | 8,880 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.27 | 5.53 | top 17.5% | 6,941 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 5.75 | 8.13 | top 23.9% | 3,908 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.41 | 39.16 | top 27.2% | 3,555 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.42 | 10.12 | top 31.4% | 8,870 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.12 | 1:24.21 | top 38.8% | 6,382 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 45 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,378 / 2,059 | |
| Clock | 21.47 | 22.40 | top 68.7% | 6,088 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 2:52.04 | — | top 71.2% | 5,618 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 2:46.14 | — | top 73.2% | 6,576 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 49.14 | — | top 75.4% | 5,046 / 6,846 | |
| 6×6 | 5:58.52 | — | early days — 3 solves | 3,823 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 9:50.39 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,185 / 3,236 |
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
- 19 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Reno Mini Fall 2025.
- 9 Aug 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Reno Summer 2025.
- 30 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Virginia Beach Fall 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.94 at ODU Big Blue Spring 2023.
- 17 Dec 2022First competition: Naperville Winter A 2022. A 24.80 3×3 single to start from.
- 17 Dec 2022First sub-20 3×3: 18.42 at Naperville Winter A 2022.
Competitions
- Yuba City Fall 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Reno Mini Fall 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- SacCubing XXI 2025 · 28 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Reno Summer 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Reno Mini Summer 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Beach Fall 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Richmond Spring 2023 · 8 Apr 2023
- Virginia Re-Open Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Beach Spring 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Naperville Winter A 2022 · 17 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.
- Charles Jerome — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Will Callan — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
- Michael Nielsen — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.