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Lucas Thai
3×3 · top 9.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015THAI01
Lucas Thai has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.81, set at Cerritos Open 2018, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,382nd in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since October 2015, he has put 216 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.90 in October 2015 to 10.81, a 48% improvement. Lucas has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 10.81 | 12.35 | top 9.9% | 5,382 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.85 | 21.88 | top 14.7% | 1,908 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 3.26 | 6.19 | top 17.3% | 6,774 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 51.45 | 1:02.25 | top 26.5% | 4,076 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 8.41 | 10.02 | top 44.3% | 7,805 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:29.85 | 2:35.81 | top 65.7% | 5,718 / 9,401 |
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
- 14 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Cerritos Open 2018.
- 7 May 2016Three personal bests in one day at Poly Cubed 2016.
- 24 Apr 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.44 at St. Francis II: GYM 2016.
- 21 Nov 2015First sub-20 3×3: 18.71 at Caltech Fall 2015.
- 11 Oct 2015First competition: Irvine Fall 2015. A 20.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Nisei Week 2018 · 18 Aug 2018
- Thanks for the InFive 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Cerritos Open 2018 · 14 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Cerritos Open 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- OCSEF Open 2017 · 23 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Qualifornia 2017 · 25 Mar 2017
- Caltech Winter 2017 · 25 Feb 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Newport Fall 2016 · 8 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- TFTI San Diego 2016 · 29 May 2016
- Poly Cubed 2016 · 7 May 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- St. Francis II: GYM 2016 · 24 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Winter 2016 · 20 Feb 2016
- Nub Open 2016 · 16 Jan 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Caltech Fall 2015 · 21 Nov 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Irvine Fall 2015 · 11 Oct 2015
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.
- Michael Young — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
- Andrew Nathenson — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Max Park — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.