People · United States
Lucas Chen
3×3 · top 3.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022CHEN24
Lucas Chen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.25, set at School's Out PLU 2022, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,880th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since April 2022, he has put 146 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Lucas has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 8.25 | 9.49 | top 3.3% | 1,880 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 33.19 | 44.16 | top 5.2% | 800 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 11.56 | 14.47 | top 9.0% | 651 / 6,846 | |
| 2×2 | 2.72 | 3.67 | top 11.2% | 4,486 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.69 | 22.04 | top 14.4% | 1,892 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 1:13.70 | 1:37.16 | top 17.9% | 1,230 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.93 | 1:37.15 | top 31.5% | 2,514 / 9,537 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.52 | 10.48 | top 40.8% | 11,858 / 29,168 |
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
- 10 Nov 2023Five personal bests in one day at SnoCo Veterans Day Weekend 2023.
- 5 Jun 2022Four personal bests in one day at School's Out PLU 2022.
- 23 Apr 2022First competition: Bothell Spring 2022. A 9.10 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SnoCo Veterans Day Weekend 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Kent Spring 2023 · 27 May 2023
- School's Out PLU 2022 · 5 Jun 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Bothell Spring 2022 · 23 Apr 2022
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.
- Sameer Aggarwal — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Max Siauw — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Timothy Castle — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 3.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.