People · United States
Lucas Xiong
2×2 · top 8.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024XION03
Lucas Xiong has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.45, set at St. Louis Spring 2025, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,319th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2024, he has put 144 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.58 in August 2024 to 12.52, a 20% improvement. Lucas has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.45 | 4.67 | top 8.4% | 3,319 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 12.52 | 14.36 | top 15.7% | 8,409 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 11.67 | 13.81 | top 33.4% | 2,640 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 57.38 | 1:06.74 | top 33.6% | 5,358 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.83 | 36.08 | top 48.5% | 6,641 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 11.20 | 13.29 | top 61.9% | 11,420 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:34.12 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,923 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.26 | 16.00 | top 68.8% | 20,367 / 28,708 |
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
- 17 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.73 at St. Louis Spring 2025.
- 10 Aug 2024First competition: Land of Lincoln 2024. A 16.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Honolulu Hāʻulelau 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Land of Lincoln 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- St. Louis Spring 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- IlliNxNois Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025
- Land of Lincoln 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Charles Bois — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jeremiah Storm — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Trenton Cuzick — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.