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Lucas Louden

2×2 · top 2.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018LOUD01

Lucas Louden has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.55, set at Arizona Championship 2026, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 934th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since June 2018, he has put 475 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.48 in June 2018 to 8.39, a 72% improvement. Lucas has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.4% of 186,767 all-time
1.55
signature single · Arizona Championship 2026
475
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.552.76
top 2.4%934 / 40,951
3×38.399.83
top 3.5%1,991 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed14.8418.36
top 7.8%1,046 / 15,683
Pyraminx4.215.67
top 8.7%2,243 / 28,708
Square-111.9218.47
top 9.7%684 / 6,743
4×440.1943.40
top 12.3%1,826 / 19,072
Skewb4.507.73
top 14.5%2,254 / 18,907
Megaminx1:16.531:37.48
top 19.6%1,342 / 7,841
5×51:39.431:47.45
top 34.9%2,770 / 9,401
Clock16.5117.69
top 53.7%4,431 / 8,927
6×65:03.66—
early days — 1 solve3,300 / 4,196
3×3 blindfolded6:10.28—
early days — 1 solve1,822 / 2,092

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

Dallas Fort Worth 2018: 30.48DFW Cubing Fiesta September 2018: 18.57Trinity Valley Open 2018: 19.92Dallas Winter 2018: 22.293x3x3 Cube Frisco 2019: 18.49CubingUSA Southern Championship 2019: 15.60Waco Cube Assembly 2019: 14.12CubingUSA Western Championship 2021: 12.54AZCubing Summer 2022: 8.39AZCubing Winter 2022: 10.76Arizona Speedcubing Spring 2023: 8.92Cubing in Glendale 2023: 9.82Arizona Championship 2026: 9.50Bring the Heat AZ 2026: 8.668.3930.489 Jun 201818 Jul 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.

  • Dan Tran — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Mia Sponseller — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
  • Matthew Low — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 24 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.