People · Kenya
Lucas Gitau
Pyraminx · top 7.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024GITA01
Lucas Gitau has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.89, set at Kenya Nationals 2024, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Kenya. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since December 2024, he has put 44 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Lucas has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Kenya | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.89 | 8.35 | top 7.1% | 2 / 148 | |
| 3×3 | 13.35 | 14.38 | top 18.7% | 37 / 356 | |
| 2×2 | 6.97 | 8.39 | top 60.2% | 79 / 217 |
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
- 21 Dec 2024First competition: Kenya Nationals 2024. A 14.23 3×3 single to start from.
- 21 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Kenya Nationals 2024.
Competitions
- Gigiri Cubing Open AM 2025 · 1 Mar 2025
- Kenya Nationals 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 3 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.
- Eman Kabiru — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Vardaan Datta — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Mark Otieno Achar — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.