People · United States
Lucas Newcomb
3×3 · top 9.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023NEWC01
Lucas Newcomb has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.78, set at Loon Cubikon NH 2025, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,325th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since July 2023, he has put 256 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.92 in July 2023 to 10.78, a 48% improvement. Lucas has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.78 | 14.79 | top 9.8% | 5,325 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.64 | 4.03 | top 10.3% | 4,057 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 6.23 | 9.34 | top 27.6% | 4,504 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.85 | 1:25.04 | top 40.5% | 6,600 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.21 | 33.57 | top 44.8% | 6,058 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 15.17 | 19.85 | top 48.6% | 3,956 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.89 | 12.47 | top 52.1% | 15,179 / 28,708 | |
| Square-1 | 42.31 | — | top 68.2% | 4,482 / 6,743 |
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
- 8 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Run and Cube Side Events NH 2025.
- 4 Feb 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.64 at Fall River Cubikon 2024.
- 4 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Fall River Cubikon 2024.
- 24 Sep 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.32 at Elm City Kubikon 2023.
- 5 Jul 2023First competition: Winchester Weeknights II 2023. A 20.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Loon Cubikon NH 2025 · 16 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
- Lexington Weeknights VI 2025 · 25 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Run and Cube Side Events NH 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Loon Cubikon 2024 · 24 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Quick in Quincy 2024 · 27 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Wakefield MA Summer 2024 · 30 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Lexington Weeknights I 2024 · 17 Jun 2024
- Salem Cubikon 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Saint John's Showdown 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- Fall River Cubikon 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Elm City Kubikon 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Winchester Weeknights II 2023 · 5 Jul 2023
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.
- Ryan Durette — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Justin Lee — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 47 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.