People · United States
Lucas Mandelkorn
Pyraminx · top 4.5% of 130,891 all-time · competing since February 2026 · 2026MAND01
Lucas Mandelkorn has been competing for 8 months. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.24, set at Long Island Back to School 2026, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,191st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since February 2026, he has put 360 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.68 in February 2026 to 10.72, a 66% improvement. Lucas has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.24 | 5.90 | top 4.5% | 1,191 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 2.53 | 3.84 | top 9.2% | 3,690 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 10.72 | 14.13 | top 9.7% | 5,332 / 60,666 | |
| Square-1 | 19.92 | 43.14 | top 27.9% | 1,855 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.77 | 36.59 | top 50.8% | 7,088 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 16.38 | 18.55 | top 53.2% | 4,512 / 9,172 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.80 | — | top 57.5% | 10,062 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 13.07 | 17.00 | top 71.0% | 13,552 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 2:45.73 | — | top 73.0% | 6,557 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 3:06.14 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,128 / 8,026 | |
| 6×6 | 6:38.37 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,982 / 4,262 |
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
- 5 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Long Island Back to School 2026.
- 14 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026.
- 9 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Mid-Atlantic Warm-Up 2026.
- 18 Jul 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.17 at Flushing Glow Afternoon 2026.
- 20 Jun 2026Six personal bests in one day at NAC Prep in Palisades 2026.
- 17 May 2026First sub-20 3×3: 18.58 at Great Peconic Bay 2026.
Competitions
- Putnam Lake 2026 · 20 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Montauk 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Liberty Science Center Fall B 2026 · 13 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Long Island Back to School 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Mid-Atlantic Warm-Up 2026 · 9 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Flushing Glow Afternoon 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Westport Summer 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NAC Prep in Palisades 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Great Peconic Bay 2026 · 17 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- No Clocks in Greenpoint 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- NYU Spring 2026 · 5 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Lodi Solves Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Liberty Science Center Open A 2026 · 28 Feb 2026
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.
- Milan Vincent Andric — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead once
- Nathan Evan Sherman — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Ayden Dincher — met in 62 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.