People · New Zealand
Lucas Liu
3×3 · top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024LIUL02
Lucas Liu has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.56, set at Melbourne Summer 2025, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 200th in New Zealand. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since May 2024, he has put 61 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.73 in May 2024 to 10.56, a 37% improvement. Lucas has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.56 | 13.34 | top 9.1% | 200 / 2,095 | |
| 2×2 | 3.91 | 6.53 | top 25.3% | 458 / 1,615 | |
| Skewb | 7.35 | 17.37 | top 36.4% | 274 / 666 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.89 | — | early days — 1 solve | 337 / 722 | |
| Clock | 18.98 | — | early days — 2 solves | 209 / 303 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 45.42 | 49.76 | top 72.0% | 412 / 600 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.91 | 14.78 | top 72.5% | 886 / 1,141 |
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
- 28 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.14 at New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024.
- 12 May 2024First competition: Kensington May Sunday 2024. A 16.73 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kensington May Sunday 2024 · 12 May 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.
- Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर) — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Abhiraj Saini — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Rebecca Penfold — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.