People · United States
Lucas Li
3×3 · top 5.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023LILU02
Lucas Li has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.38, set at WPI Spring 2025, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,217th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2023, he has put 146 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.37 in January 2023 to 9.38, a 35% improvement. Lucas has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 9.38 | 11.27 | top 5.8% | 3,217 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.38 | 3.91 | top 7.8% | 3,062 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.31 | 8.07 | top 22.3% | 6,001 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.01 | 1:05.63 | top 36.5% | 5,881 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.26 | 33.94 | top 40.0% | 5,332 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 7.92 | 11.71 | top 40.7% | 7,042 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 48.74 | 55.28 | top 74.9% | 4,938 / 6,743 | |
| Clock | 27.08 | 29.65 | top 80.4% | 7,104 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 3 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.38 at WPI Spring 2025.
- 22 Jan 2023First competition: Pioneer Valley Cubing B 2023. A 14.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- WPI Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Saint John's Showdown 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- WPI Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Brookline Favorites 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Northampton Winter B 2023 · 26 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pioneer Valley Cubing B 2023 · 22 Jan 2023
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.
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Huy Thai — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ryan Durette — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.