People · United States
Lucero Isabel Tapia
3×3 · top 9.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025TAPI11
Lucero Isabel Tapia has been competing for 11 months. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.59, set at Garland City NY 2026, puts her in the top 9.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,049th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since September 2025, she has put 61 official solves on the record across eight events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 20.57 in September 2025 to 10.59, a 49% improvement. Lucero has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.59 | 14.56 | top 9.2% | 5,049 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.90 | 5.63 | top 13.1% | 5,164 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.90 | 1:42.19 | top 52.4% | 8,873 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.38 | 13.39 | top 55.9% | 16,358 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.52 | 49.41 | top 67.4% | 9,631 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 14.92 | 24.65 | top 78.1% | 14,906 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 3:35.27 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,147 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 1:08.93 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,969 / 6,743 |
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
- 12 Apr 2026First sub-20 3×3: 13.23 at Ottawa Spring 2026.
- 12 Apr 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.23 at Ottawa Spring 2026.
- 27 Sep 2025First competition: Gouverneur NxNoPeeking 2025. A 20.57 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Garland City NY 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ottawa Spring 2026 · 12 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Gouverneur NxNoPeeking 2025 · 27 Sep 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 her.
- Evan Liu — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ethan Qiu — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Hughes — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as she improves.