People · Ireland
Lucas Harford
2×2 · top 2.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025HARF02
Lucas Harford has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.48, set at Éire 100 2026, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 42nd in Ireland. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since February 2025, he has put 792 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.82 in February 2025 to 8.83, a 55% improvement. Lucas has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.48 | 2.03 | top 2.1% | 42 / 1,163 | |
| 3×3 | 8.83 | 10.30 | top 4.5% | 68 / 1,427 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.94 | 6.11 | top 7.4% | 104 / 911 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.76 | 16.97 | top 7.6% | 26 / 448 | |
| Skewb | 4.07 | 7.38 | top 11.4% | 83 / 624 | |
| 4×4 | 44.71 | 48.60 | top 17.9% | 98 / 579 | |
| Megaminx | 1:14.88 | 1:21.51 | top 18.6% | 58 / 283 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.40 | 1:40.29 | top 28.4% | 85 / 296 | |
| Clock | 11.95 | 16.87 | top 34.7% | 120 / 331 | |
| Square-1 | 27.64 | 36.14 | top 44.8% | 92 / 194 | |
| 6×6 | 3:47.99 | 3:52.25 | top 61.6% | 88 / 142 | |
| 7×7 | 7:56.05 | — | early days — 2 solves | 102 / 108 |
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
- 22 Aug 2026Five personal bests in one day at Éire 100 2026.
- 30 May 2026Five personal bests in one day at Lets Go Back to Carlow 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Five personal bests in one day at Don't Go Slow in Wicklow 2026.
- 7 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at Lets Go Carlow 2026.
- 13 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Leopardstown Cube Races 2025.
- 25 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.23 at Re-Laois the Cubers 2025.
Competitions
- Éire 100 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2026 · 24 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Re-Laois the Cubers 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Lets Go Back to Carlow 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- UCD Cube Days 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Don't Go Slow in Wicklow 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Solving Ferry Fast Rosslare 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Lets Go Carlow 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Dublin Pick 'N' Mix 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Leopardstown Cube Races 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Re-Laois the Cubers 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rebel County Colours 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Don't Go Slow in Wicklow 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Let's Go Carlow 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Marble City Cubing IE 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 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.
- Ben Timmons — met in 165 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Lucas Patrick Dowling — met in 162 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Jack Corr — met in 136 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.