People · United States
Lucas Rodriguez
3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016RODR25
Lucas Rodriguez has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.71, set at DFW Cubing Winter 2024, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,342nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since June 2016, he has put 414 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.21 in June 2016 to 8.71, a 57% 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 | 8.71 | 10.98 | top 4.2% | 2,342 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.27 | 4.65 | top 6.8% | 2,687 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 10.37 | 16.18 | top 6.8% | 502 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 3.72 | 6.03 | top 9.1% | 1,392 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.57 | 20.40 | top 9.3% | 1,229 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.29 | 10.92 | top 15.0% | 3,934 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 1:13.64 | 1:25.24 | top 17.8% | 1,204 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 52.37 | 1:05.83 | top 27.6% | 4,277 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.35 | 1:42.08 | top 32.5% | 2,584 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,101 / 2,040 |
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
- 3 Feb 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.71 at DFW Cubing Winter 2024.
- 28 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Longhorn Cube Day 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023.
- 23 Oct 2022Four personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Fall 2022.
- 29 Jul 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.66 at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022.
- 29 Jul 2022Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022.
Competitions
- Space City Fall TX 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- DFW Cubing Summer 2024 · 8 Jun 2024
- DFW Cubing Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Texas Championship 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Longhorn Cube Day 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2022 · 23 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Texas Quiet Championship 2022 · 22 Oct 2022
- Texas BarbeCubing 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022 · 29 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fiesta June 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2016 · 18 Jun 2016
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 Pilat — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- John Wanger II — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Dylan Baumbach — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.