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Lucas Etter

3×3 · top 0.099% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2011 · 2011ETTE01

Lucas Etter has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.90, set at River Hill Fall 2015, puts him in the top 0.099% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 62nd in the United States. Until November 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 58 competitions since April 2011, he has put 3,177 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.11 in April 2011 to 4.90, an 80% improvement. Lucas has entered 58 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.099% of 284,439 all-time
4.90
signature single · River Hill Fall 2015
3,177
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×34.906.19
top 0.099%62 / 59,724
4×422.5525.76
top 0.27%46 / 19,072
2×20.941.47
top 0.45%191 / 40,951
Pyraminx1.924.34
top 1.0%284 / 28,708
5×547.6453.50
top 1.2%102 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed11.0314.03
top 1.9%301 / 15,683
6×61:38.631:52.29
top 3.8%139 / 4,196
Skewb2.773.86
top 3.9%612 / 18,907
3×3 blindfolded34.623:59.88
top 5.4%104 / 2,092
Square-110.7412.46
top 7.4%537 / 6,743
7×72:49.933:03.60
top 7.9%209 / 3,184
Megaminx1:07.691:15.56
top 14.3%966 / 7,841
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves34.00
top 23.4%507 / 2,040
Clock10.7912.18
top 29.1%2,258 / 8,927

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

UIndy Open 2011: 24.11Ohio Open 2011: 18.11United States National Championships 2011: 18.83Princeton Fall 2011: 13.84Dayton Fall 2011: 12.61Indiana 2011: 12.09Ohio Fall 2011: 12.75River Hill Winter 2012: 10.05New Albany 2012: 9.02Princeton Fall 2012: 9.50Dayton Fall 2012: 8.58Indiana 2012: 9.59Dayton Open 2013: 8.52New Albany 2013: 7.77World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 8.34Indiana 2013: 8.21Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2013: 6.86Hillsdale Fall 2013: 8.49Holy Toledo Winter 2014: 7.32New Albany Open 2014: 8.27Michigan 2014: 6.82Keep Austin Weird 2014: 7.77US Nationals 2014: 6.80Indiana 2014: 6.33Mishawaka Fall 2014: 7.51SMA Winter 2015: 7.52Summit City Open 2015: 5.97Indiana 2015: 6.27Michigan 2015: 5.85US Nationals 2015: 7.27Music City Speedsolving 2015: 6.21River Hill Fall 2015: 4.90Queen City 2016: 6.93Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2016: 6.48Dayton Spring 2016: 6.51Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 6.20Indiana 2016: 6.54US Nationals 2016: 6.39Mason Cubing Challenge 2016: 5.29Princeton Fall 2016: 6.10Marietta Mystery 2016: 5.90Dayton Winter 2017: 6.70Bluegrass Spring 2017: 5.32Music City Speedsolving 2017: 6.66Slow N Steady Spring 2017: 5.57Queen City 2017: 5.66CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 6.10World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 5.74Florence Winter 2019: 6.12Derby City Open 2019: 5.69Indianapolis Cubes 2019: 5.77Cubing For Kyle 2019: 5.41Wildcat Spring 2019: 5.15Warm Up Sydney 2019: 6.22WCA World Championship 2019: 6.50CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 5.53Princeton Winter 2020: 5.30Arnold Classic North America A 2020: 5.894.9024.112 Apr 20117 Mar 2020

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 2.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.