People · South Africa
Lucca Ducci
3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025DUCC01
Lucca Ducci has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.62, set at Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37th in South Africa. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2025, he has put 259 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.37 in March 2025 to 8.62, a 66% improvement. Lucca has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.62 | 9.83 | top 4.0% | 37 / 2,164 | |
| 4×4 | 38.48 | 45.61 | top 10.3% | 29 / 491 | |
| 2×2 | 2.74 | 3.80 | top 11.4% | 110 / 1,510 | |
| Skewb | 5.97 | 8.03 | top 25.5% | 89 / 438 |
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
- 1 Aug 2026Five personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.30 at Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026.
- 31 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cubestuff Centurion Q1 2026.
- 6 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.91 at Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.55 at CubingZA Nationals 2025.
Competitions
- Farrarmere Full Speed 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026 · 1 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Grand Challenge - The Leonardo 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubestuff Centurion Q1 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Menlo Cubing Open 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Centurion Q3 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingZA Nationals 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CuBeaulieu Craze Comeback 2025 · 29 Mar 2025
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.
- Marike Faught — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Ruben Grobler — met in 50 rounds, never finished ahead
- Vincent Hazelton-Lagarrigue — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.