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Lucas Nieuwland

Clock · top 0.5% of 32,048 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018NIEU01

Lucas Nieuwland has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 2.77, set at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024, puts him in the top 0.5% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Canada. Until March 2023, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 99 competitions since April 2018, he has put 3,940 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.60 in April 2018 to 6.57, a 58% improvement. Lucas has entered 99 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 0.5% of 32,048 all-time
2.77
signature single · CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024
3,940
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
Clock2.774.19
top 0.5%4 / 1,029
3×36.578.26
top 0.91%92 / 10,392
Pyraminx2.214.50
top 1.5%53 / 4,858
Skewb2.364.68
top 2.4%36 / 2,907
2×21.722.71
top 3.2%208 / 7,173
Megaminx50.5558.32
top 5.3%36 / 1,375
4×433.6936.30
top 5.5%129 / 3,118
3×3 one-handed14.1618.17
top 6.4%133 / 2,620
5×51:05.261:10.54
top 8.5%100 / 1,499
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves34.67
top 12.2%40 / 283
Square-113.5718.10
top 13.1%103 / 952
6×62:07.332:15.37
top 14.2%66 / 665
7×73:17.353:23.37
top 15.5%55 / 503
3×3 blindfolded2:31.204:41.05
top 43.7%155 / 351
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 22:16—
early days — 1 solve100 / 112

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

Oakville Limited Spring 2018: 15.60Newmarket Open 2018: 17.55Battle of Waterloo 2018: 19.82Oakville Limited Fall 2018: 14.41Oakville Autumn Limited 2018: 14.07Ajax Winter 2019: 13.21Pittsburgh Spring 2019: 11.748 Wing Limited 2019: 13.62Upstate Cubing 2019: 11.95Newmarket Open 2019: 14.81Canadian Championship 2019: 15.05CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 11.08Cubing in the 6ix 2019: 14.33Battle of Waterloo 2019: 12.69Ken-Ton Cubing 2019: 13.70Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2019: 12.28Canandaigua Winter 2020: 12.44Garrettsville G-Men Classic 2020: 11.58Leap to Barrie 2020: 11.93Welcome Back Lévis 2021: 10.51CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 11.43ROC the Cube 2022: 10.02Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 10.98Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 8.25CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022: 9.31CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2022: 9.83Richmond Hill 2022: 10.71WCC Western Championship 2022: 8.23Lake Erie Cubing Clash 2022: 9.71Ajax NxNxN 2022: 9.99Oakville Fall A 2022: 8.13New York New Year 2023: 9.39Appleby Winter A 2023: 9.96London Winter B 2023: 10.16Pickering C 2023: 9.11Newmarket Favourites 2023: 9.97Markham 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023: 9.32Guelph 2023: 10.31ROC the Cube 2023: 8.93Southern Ontario Summer - Newmarket 2023: 8.67Canadian Championship 2023: 9.93CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 7.85Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 8.66NCR Favourites 2023: 8.09Appleby Fall B 2023: 10.96Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023: 9.19CubingUSA New England Championship 2023: 8.65CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 8.12Scarborough Fall B 2023: 8.03GCU Winter 2024: 8.57Kingston Winter 2024: 7.78Greater Toronto 2024: 6.57London Winter 2024: 7.31Ajax 3x3x3 Newcomers C 2024: 7.69Thornhill Spring 2024: 7.62Washtenaw Qualifiers 2024: 7.89Battle of Waterloo 2024: 6.99Michigan Championship 2024: 8.85Appleby Summer 2024: 8.55Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 8.20Ontario Championship 2024: 8.59New York Championship 2024: 7.84Pickering Mini Afternoon 2024: 7.81CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 7.72Kitchener Mini Afternoon 2024: 8.00Pickering Favourites Autumn 2024: 8.76Wrap It Up Barrie 2024: 7.37Waterloo Winter 2025: 8.78Greater Toronto 2025: 8.29Mississauga Newcomers A 2025: 7.73Flatåsen Open 2025: 7.81Pickering NxNxN Summer 2025: 8.12Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.10Championnat Canadien 2025: 8.27Pickering Favourites Fall 2025: 8.34Kawartha Fall 2025: 8.32Waterloo Fall 2025: 9.31Wasaga Beach Spring 2026: 8.70Waterloo Spring 2026: 8.20Brampton Summer 2026: 7.206.5719.8228 Apr 201829 Aug 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Clock single — 17 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.