People · China
Lucas Hou
3×3 · top 5.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024HOUL04
Lucas Hou has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.07, set at GAN Southern Championship 2026, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,923rd in China. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2024, he has put 209 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.23 in October 2024 to 9.07, a 36% improvement. Lucas has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.07 | 11.02 | top 5.0% | 1,923 / 28,153 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.62 | 7.93 | top 10.9% | 1,298 / 10,224 | |
| 2×2 | 3.03 | 3.86 | top 14.6% | 2,296 / 15,796 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.49 | 27.04 | top 24.5% | 2,426 / 5,922 | |
| Skewb | 8.32 | 13.13 | top 43.7% | 2,565 / 5,004 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.49 | 2:32.02 | top 44.3% | 1,933 / 2,816 | |
| Clock | 16.44 | 18.33 | top 53.4% | 1,240 / 1,843 | |
| Megaminx | 2:23.59 | — | top 58.2% | 1,428 / 1,678 |
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
- 11 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at GAN Southern Championship 2026.
- 4 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.43 at DFW Cubing Fall 2025.
- 26 Oct 2024First competition: DFW Cubing Fall 2024. A 14.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- GAN Southern Championship 2026 · 11 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2026 · 3 Jan 2026
- DFW Cubing Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Qualifier 2025 · 18 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Texas Championship 2024 · 22 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
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.
- Tristan Patrick — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Gavin DeVine — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Maddox Smith — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.07 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.