People · South Africa
Lucas Campbell de Kock
3×3 · top 8.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023KOCK01
Lucas Campbell de Kock has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.46, set at Cape Cubes Challenge 2024, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 88th in South Africa. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since September 2023, he has put 258 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.45 in September 2023 to 10.46, a 51% improvement. Lucas has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.46 | 14.42 | top 8.8% | 88 / 2,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.29 | 7.55 | top 9.1% | 69 / 946 | |
| 2×2 | 2.66 | 5.00 | top 10.5% | 105 / 1,510 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.19 | 36.73 | top 39.9% | 113 / 467 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.16 | 1:13.81 | top 41.9% | 143 / 491 | |
| Skewb | 8.57 | 12.55 | top 45.5% | 169 / 438 | |
| Clock | 17.51 | 22.48 | top 57.2% | 88 / 148 | |
| Megaminx | 3:32.78 | — | early days — 2 solves | 187 / 266 | |
| 5×5 | 3:39.07 | — | early days — 3 solves | 170 / 221 | |
| Square-1 | 1:37.50 | — | early days — 2 solves | 114 / 118 | |
| 6×6 | 8:46.55 | — | early days — 1 solve | 83 / 84 |
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
- 8 Mar 2025Five personal bests in one day at Newcomers Cape Cube-Fest 2025.
- 14 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at Cape Cubes Challenge 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024Six personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024First sub-20 3×3: 14.84 at Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.84 at Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024Six personal bests in one day at Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024.
Competitions
- Newcomers Cape Cube-Fest 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Cape Cubes Challenge 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- CubingZA Cape Cubes Challenge 2023 · 9 Dec 2023
- CubingZA Cape Cubes Spring 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Daniel Rush — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Maverick Pearson — met in 57 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tristan Ford — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.