People · United States
Lucas Pai
3×3 · top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025PAIL01
Lucas Pai has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.08, set at Flushing Glow Afternoon 2026, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,673rd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since February 2025, he has put 248 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.37 in February 2025 to 8.08, a 40% improvement. Lucas has entered twelve 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 | 8.08 | 10.62 | top 2.9% | 1,673 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 42.29 | 47.46 | top 14.9% | 2,227 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.03 | 8.90 | top 20.2% | 5,427 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.56 | 5.07 | top 20.9% | 8,206 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.33 | 27.25 | top 29.6% | 3,844 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:08.76 | — | top 54.7% | 4,624 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:57.10 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,693 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 20.50 | 24.37 | top 90.4% | 17,416 / 18,907 |
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
- 9 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at No Clocks in Greenpoint 2026.
- 13 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.25 at NYU Spring 2025.
- 13 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at NYU Spring 2025.
- 23 Feb 2025First competition: Flushing Glow Open AM 2025. A 13.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Flushing Glow Afternoon 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- No Clocks in Greenpoint 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- NYU Spring 2026 · 5 Apr 2026
- Manhattan Megaminx Mayhem 2026 · 21 Mar 2026
- Liberty Science Center Open B 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Brooklyn Waldorf Winter 2025 · 7 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Flushing Glow Autumn AM 2025 · 26 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Liberty Science Center Fall B 2025 · 14 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Long Island Summer 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- NYU Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open A 2025 · 15 Mar 2025
- Flushing Glow Open AM 2025 · 23 Feb 2025
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.
- Jayden Kong — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 35 times · head to head
- Parker Trager — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Milan Vincent Andric — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 2.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.