People · Canada
Lucas Liao
Pyraminx · top 5.8% of 130,891 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016LIAO11
Lucas Liao has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.57, set at Newmarket Open 2017, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 204th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since December 2016, he has put 120 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.17 in December 2016 to 10.33, a 53% improvement. Lucas has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.57 | 11.99 | top 5.8% | 204 / 4,913 | |
| 3×3 | 10.33 | 13.98 | top 8.5% | 791 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 2.60 | 4.31 | top 10.0% | 657 / 7,245 | |
| 4×4 | 41.60 | 50.06 | top 14.1% | 361 / 3,180 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.57 | 1:46.65 | top 32.0% | 406 / 1,546 | |
| Square-1 | 30.47 | 32.60 | top 50.3% | 447 / 973 | |
| 6×6 | 3:53.56 | — | early days — 1 solve | 373 / 683 | |
| Skewb | 17.42 | 20.96 | top 85.0% | 2,521 / 2,928 |
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
- 19 Feb 2023Four personal bests in one day at Waterloo Favourites B 2023.
- 24 Mar 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.88 at Pickering Spring 2018.
- 17 Jun 2017First sub-20 3×3: 15.70 at Newmarket Open 2017.
- 10 Dec 2016First competition: Toronto Limited Fall 2016. A 22.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pickering A 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Waterloo Favourites B 2023 · 19 Feb 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Appleby Winter B 2023 · 8 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Newmarket Open 2018 · 16 Jun 2018
- Pickering Spring 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Oakville Limited Winter 2018 · 27 Jan 2018
- Newmarket Open 2017 · 17 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Toronto Limited Fall 2016 · 10 Dec 2016
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.
- Andrew Poon — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
- Max Xiong (熊锐明) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brady Metherall — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.