People · United States
Lucas Y. Chen
2×2 · top 1.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022CHEN49
Lucas Y. Chen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.22, set at FSUbers 8.0 2025, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 469th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since July 2022, he has put 564 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.91 in July 2022 to 7.23, a 52% improvement. Lucas has entered 18 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.22 | 2.01 | top 1.1% | 469 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 7.23 | 8.99 | top 1.6% | 1,003 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.08 | 4.01 | top 3.9% | 1,063 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 35.59 | 40.80 | top 7.4% | 1,140 / 19,354 |
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
- 13 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at FSUbers 8.0 2025.
- 27 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at FSUbers 6.0 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at FSUbers 5.0 2024.
- 16 Dec 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.74 at Cubing Knights V 2023.
- 3 Dec 2023Five personal bests in one day at Jacksonville Winter 2023.
Competitions
- Florida Championship 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Zephyr Cube Bash 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- Beach Bash Jacksonville 2025 · 9 Aug 2025
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025 · 13 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- FSUbers 8.0 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- FSUbers 7.0 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Beach Bash Jacksonville 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- FSUbers 6.0 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- FSUbers 5.0 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Knights V 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Jacksonville Winter 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing Knights IV 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiwan Cubing Challenge 2023 · 18 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- FSUbers 4.0 2023 · 29 Apr 2023
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Tally Spring 2023 · 8 Apr 2023
- Pegasus 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Owings Mills Summer 2022 · 16 Jul 2022
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.
- Daniel Porter — met in 99 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Sean Hartman — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Carter Bitz — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.