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Lucas Hernandez
3×3 · top 4.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022HERN19
Lucas Hernandez has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.59, set at Wisconsin Championship 2025, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,265th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since September 2022, he has put 438 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.12 in July 2023 to 8.59, a 66% improvement. Lucas has entered 17 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.59 | 11.38 | top 4.0% | 2,265 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.45 | 4.12 | top 8.5% | 3,379 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 40.92 | 51.87 | top 13.2% | 2,001 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.65 | 7.29 | top 17.5% | 4,712 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.76 | 1:44.86 | top 18.3% | 1,424 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.55 | 28.48 | top 22.0% | 2,871 / 15,900 | |
| Skewb | 6.74 | 9.87 | top 31.7% | 5,315 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 12.72 | 15.06 | top 38.4% | 3,116 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 2:37.66 | — | early days — 3 solves | 5,087 / 8,026 | |
| 7×7 | 6:54.59 | — | early days — 3 solves | 2,527 / 3,236 |
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
- 4 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.59 at Wisconsin Championship 2025.
- 4 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Wisconsin Championship 2025.
- 23 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at IlliNxNois Spring 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Skewb on the Madison Snow 2025.
- 7 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at 4x4 by Four Madison Lakes 2024.
- 28 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at DuPage Fall 2024.
Competitions
- Wisconsin Championship 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Evanston Qualifier 2025 · 16 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- IlliNxNois Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Megaminx on the Madison Isthmus 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Solve La Crosse 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Skewb on the Madison Snow 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- 4x4 by Four Madison Lakes 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- 5BLD in a Madison Fall 2024 · 2 Nov 2024
- DuPage Fall 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing on Lake Superior 2024 · 22 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- 6x6 Still in a Madison Park 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Door County Cube Challenge 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Wisconsin Qualifier 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- 5x5 on Madison Ice 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Agoura Cubing Again 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
- 7x7 in a Madison Park 2022 · 25 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best 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.
- Simon Kellum — met in 79 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brian Johnson — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Lucas Lippman-Bruno — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.