People · United States
Lucero Isabel Tapia
3×3 · top 7.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025TAPI11
Lucero Isabel Tapia has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.81, set at Gouverneur Sprint 2026, puts her in the top 7.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,877th in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since September 2025, she has put 151 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 2 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 20.57 in September 2025 to 9.81, a 52% improvement. Lucero has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 9.81 | 12.76 | top 7.0% | 3,877 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.90 | 4.60 | top 13.2% | 5,266 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 59.98 | 1:10.96 | top 36.5% | 5,963 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 7.93 | 11.60 | top 40.8% | 7,180 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.55 | 10.20 | top 41.0% | 11,927 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.40 | 2:13.77 | top 43.7% | 3,636 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.18 | 40.14 | top 51.7% | 7,231 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 15.95 | 17.48 | top 51.7% | 4,355 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 2:23.60 | — | top 58.3% | 4,481 / 8,026 | |
| Square-1 | 44.66 | 1:09.54 | top 70.7% | 4,699 / 6,846 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Tupper Lake 2026.
- 19 Sep 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.81 at Gouverneur Sprint 2026.
- 19 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Gouverneur Sprint 2026.
- 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
- Tupper Lake 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Gouverneur Sprint 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- 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 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ethan Qiu — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jacob Hughes — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.81 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as she improves.