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Lucas Louden

2×2 · top 2.4% of 189,179 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 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 957th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since June 2018, he has put 506 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 36,406 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 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.4% of 189,179 all-time
1.55
signature single · Arizona Championship 2026
506
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%957 / 41,674
3×38.399.83
top 3.5%2,030 / 60,666
Pyraminx3.445.46
top 5.2%1,384 / 29,168
3×3 one-handed14.8418.36
top 7.9%1,064 / 15,900
Square-111.9218.47
top 9.8%695 / 6,846
4×440.1943.40
top 12.4%1,867 / 19,354
Skewb4.507.73
top 14.5%2,288 / 19,164
Megaminx1:16.531:37.48
top 19.6%1,365 / 8,026
5×51:39.431:47.45
top 35.0%2,809 / 9,537
Clock16.5117.69
top 53.7%4,564 / 9,172
7×76:28.81—
early days — 1 solve2,345 / 3,236
6×65:03.66—
early days — 1 solve3,357 / 4,262
3×3 blindfolded6:10.28—
early days — 1 solve1,850 / 2,128

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: 8.66Skewbing Spectacle AZ 2026: 9.078.3930.489 Jun 201810 Oct 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 66 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
  • Mia Sponseller — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
  • Matthew Low — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 28 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.