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Lucas Lim

3×3 · top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023LIML02

Lucas Lim has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.39, set at Cubing at The Cube 2026, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 773rd in Australia. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since May 2023, he has put 128 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.52 in May 2023 to 10.39, a 62% improvement. Lucas has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.6% of 284,439 all-time
10.39
signature single · Cubing at The Cube 2026
128
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×310.3914.07
top 8.6%773 / 11,709
2×22.645.57
top 10.3%775 / 8,567
Pyraminx7.479.30
top 31.8%1,674 / 5,993
Megaminx1:36.382:14.91
top 32.3%397 / 1,277
Clock11.6813.56
top 33.4%351 / 1,095
4×41:00.841:07.78
top 37.4%993 / 3,051
Square-124.3731.25
top 37.7%365 / 899
Skewb8.829.31
top 47.2%1,488 / 3,534
3×3 one-handed33.0140.06
top 53.4%1,245 / 2,659
5×52:20.60
early days — 2 solves840 / 1,356
6×65:11.38
early days — 1 solve538 / 641

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

Chilling in Canberra 2023: 27.52Capital Cubing in Canberra Saturday 2024: 33.59Chilling in Canberra Saturday 2024: 21.76Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025: 12.11Cubing at The Cube 2026: 10.3910.3933.596 May 202310 Jan 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Vincent Hua — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Samuel Keun — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
  • Liam Sawade — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 3 times

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.