People · United States
Lucas Buxton
2×2 · top 8.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023BUXT04
Lucas Buxton has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.46, set at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,415th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since July 2023, he has put 366 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.70 in July 2023 to 14.32, a 14% 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.46 | 4.01 | top 8.6% | 3,415 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.05 | 11.63 | top 20.4% | 5,575 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 14.32 | 16.87 | top 22.2% | 12,171 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 7.78 | 10.65 | top 39.7% | 6,927 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.53 | 1:20.29 | top 49.4% | 8,390 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 2:10.36 | 2:31.52 | top 51.6% | 3,937 / 8,026 | |
| Square-1 | 34.85 | 43.84 | top 58.2% | 3,894 / 6,846 | |
| Clock | 19.11 | 22.21 | top 62.1% | 5,395 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 46.51 | 54.01 | top 73.3% | 10,748 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 2:48.51 | — | top 74.1% | 6,686 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 5:16.34 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,479 / 4,262 |
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 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.32 at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024.
- 3 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at Kansas Championship 2024.
- 13 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at DFW Winter Variation 2024.
- 2 Dec 2023Six personal bests in one day at Texas Championship 2023.
- 16 Jul 2023First competition: Quick in Quincy 2023. A 17.64 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kansas Championship 2024 · 3 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- OKC Cube-Off Winter 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Winter Variation 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Texas Championship 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Oklahoma Fall 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Lawton OKtoberfest Fall 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Quick in Quincy 2023 · 16 Jul 2023 — 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.
- Casey Ngo — met in 78 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan Pilat — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jake Maddox — met in 61 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.