People · Australia
Lucas Zhao
2×2 · top 33.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024ZHAO36
Lucas Zhao has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.52, set at Cubing at The Cube 2025, puts him in the top 33.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,609th in Australia. Across 6 competitions since July 2024, he has put 61 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.40 in August 2024 to 18.02, a 55% 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.52 | 5.81 | top 33.2% | 2,609 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 18.02 | 26.03 | top 34.2% | 3,268 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.52 | 14.12 | top 40.7% | 2,216 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:08.02 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,288 / 2,659 |
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
- 5 Oct 2024First sub-30 3×3: 19.82 at Canberra Spring 2024.
- 5 Oct 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.82 at Canberra Spring 2024.
- 7 Jul 2024First competition: Australian Nationals FMC 2024.
Competitions
- Tramsheds IV: Summer Saturday 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at The Cube 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Singapore Freeze 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Canberra Spring 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds III: August Sunday 2024 · 25 Aug 2024
- Australian Nationals FMC 2024 · 7 Jul 2024
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.
- Luke Smith — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Peri Le Dain — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Harrison Jonathan Newbery-Chunn — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.