People · Czech Republic
Lukáš Novák
3×3 · top 2.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022NOVA03
Lukáš Novák has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.82, set at Prague Summer Opener 2025, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 48th in the Czech Republic. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since July 2022, he has put 449 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.80 in July 2022 to 7.82, a 20% improvement. He has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Czech Republic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.82 | 9.68 | top 2.5% | 48 / 801 | |
| 4×4 | 34.87 | 38.44 | top 6.7% | 34 / 446 | |
| 2×2 | 2.28 | 3.60 | top 6.9% | 90 / 652 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.73 | 19.31 | top 9.7% | 31 / 317 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.69 | 8.44 | top 25.4% | 203 / 469 | |
| Skewb | 6.04 | 9.81 | top 26.1% | 139 / 328 | |
| 5×5 | 1:43.38 | 1:54.80 | top 37.9% | 107 / 254 | |
| Square-1 | 44.07 | — | early days — 3 solves | 121 / 172 |
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
- 27 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Prague Open 2024.
- 29 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Prague NxNxN 2023.
- 23 Jul 2022First competition: Kostelec Summer 2022. A 10.52 3×3 single to start from.
- 23 Jul 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.80 at Kostelec Summer 2022.
Competitions
- Czech Championship 2025 · 5 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Prague Summer Opener 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- 2x2 at 2 in Prague 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Czech Open 2024 · 19 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Prague Summer Opener 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Prague June 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Prague Open 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Czech Championship 2023 · 17 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Prague Pyraminxing 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- Lužice Summer 2023 · 12 Aug 2023
- Prague NxNxN 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kostelec Summer 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Adam Kořínek — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
- Kryštof Basl — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Emma Beranová — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 54 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.82 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 4.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.