People · New Zealand
Lucas Buck
3×3 · top 38.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2021 · 2021BUCK01
Lucas Buck has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.33, set at Puzzling Porirua 2022, puts him in the top 38.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 782nd in New Zealand. Across 9 competitions since March 2021, he has put 207 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.22 in March 2021 to 19.33, a 49% improvement. Lucas has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 19.33 | 22.72 | top 38.0% | 782 / 2,095 | |
| 2×2 | 5.47 | 7.92 | top 45.0% | 774 / 1,615 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.17 | 12.62 | top 46.3% | 609 / 1,141 | |
| Skewb | 9.12 | 15.97 | top 49.3% | 354 / 666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.65 | 46.65 | top 68.9% | 386 / 600 | |
| 4×4 | 1:46.89 | 1:52.40 | top 74.9% | 535 / 722 | |
| Clock | 25.86 | 36.46 | top 78.3% | 263 / 303 |
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
- 2 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at NZ North Island Championship 2022.
- 11 Jun 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.33 at Puzzling Porirua 2022.
- 23 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Twisty Taranaki 2022.
- 13 Aug 2021First sub-30 3×3: 26.68 at NZ North Island Championship 2021.
- 13 Aug 2021Three personal bests in one day at NZ North Island Championship 2021.
- 19 Jun 2021Three personal bests in one day at Nimble Napier 2021.
Competitions
- Palmerston North 2023 · 16 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- NZ North Island Championship 2022 · 2 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- NZ South Island Championship 2022 · 24 Jun 2022
- Puzzling Porirua 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Twisty Taranaki 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2021 · 13 Aug 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Nimble Napier 2021 · 19 Jun 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Palmerston North 2021 · 15 May 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Twisty Taranaki 2021 · 20 Mar 2021
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.
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xavier Evans — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jack Maddigan — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.33 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.