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Lucas Zielfelder

2×2 · top 4.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023ZIEL01

Lucas Zielfelder has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.94, set at Wide Moves & Waterslides CT 2026, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,731st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since January 2023, he has put 490 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.35 in January 2023 to 9.69, a 74% improvement. Lucas has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.4% of 186,767 all-time
1.94
signature single · Wide Moves & Waterslides CT 2026
490
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.944.16
top 4.4%1,731 / 40,951
3×39.6911.17
top 6.6%3,632 / 59,724
Square-110.2821.51
top 6.6%487 / 6,743
4×443.1547.64
top 16.0%2,416 / 19,072
Megaminx1:20.821:32.48
top 22.4%1,541 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed22.6825.63
top 27.9%3,596 / 15,683
Pyraminx7.288.38
top 30.2%8,377 / 28,708
5×51:34.501:45.77
top 31.1%2,456 / 9,401
Skewb7.9710.09
top 41.0%7,126 / 18,907
Clock14.6816.95
top 46.7%3,778 / 8,927
6×63:43.64
early days — 1 solve2,296 / 4,196

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

Mum's the Word 2023: 37.35Pioneer Valley Cubing B 2023: 26.45Empire State Winter Warmup 2023: 21.58Saint John's Scramble 2023: 16.09Cape Cod 2023: 16.06New Hampshire Spring 2023: 18.60Hudson Valley 2023: 14.25Winchester Wind Down 2023: 12.19Naticube 2024: 12.38Fitchburg Fingertricks 2025: 12.07Vermont Newcomers 2025: 10.71The Battle of Lexington Semiquincentennial 2025: 10.40WPI Spring 2025: 10.29Salem Cubikon 2025: 10.18Mystic Cubikon 2025: 11.06Wide Moves & Waterslides CT 2026: 11.54Fitchburg Spring 2026: 9.699.6937.358 Jan 202325 Apr 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.