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Lukas Shelley

3×3 · top 0.041% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016SHEL03

Lukas Shelley has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.42, set at Hangzhou Open PM 2021, puts him in the top 0.041% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Denmark. Until May 2018, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 59 competitions since May 2016, he has put 2,019 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.08 in May 2016 to 4.42, a 60% improvement. Lukas has entered 59 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.041% of 284,439 all-time
4.42
signature single · Hangzhou Open PM 2021
2,019
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingDenmark
3×34.426.17
top 0.041%1 / 1,198
2×20.961.82
top 0.48%9 / 906
3×3 one-handed10.1013.77
top 1.1%10 / 380
4×429.0934.88
top 2.3%14 / 468
5×51:00.161:05.80
top 5.6%16 / 269
Skewb4.496.23
top 14.4%80 / 467
7×73:20.803:45.58
top 16.6%17 / 116

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

Shanghai Songjiang Open 2016: 11.08Suzhou Open 2016: 10.45Thailand Championship 2016: 10.55Shanghai Winter is Coming 2016: 8.49Hangzhou Autumn 2016: 8.43Xi'an New Year 2017: 8.69Shanghai Spring 2017: 7.43ZUST Open 2017: 8.40Changshu Open 2017: 7.28Thailand Championship 2017: 8.02China Championship 2017: 7.52Yangzhou Open 2017: 7.07Suzhou Open 2017: 7.11China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 6.89Hefei Open 2017: 7.22HDU Open 2017: 7.36Zhenjiang Open 2017: 7.53Jinhua New Year's Day 2018: 7.41Shanghai Winter 2018: 6.54Hangzhou Spring 2018: 7.26Kunshan Open 2018: 6.88Nanjing Spring 2018: 6.33Shanghai Love in ECNU 2018: 6.13Lishui University Open 2018: 6.95SJTU Open 2018: 6.55WCA Asian Championship 2018: 5.89Thailand Championship 2018: 7.04China Championship 2018: 7.15Wuxi Autumn 2018: 6.74Hangzhou Open 2018: 6.13Chengdu Winter Open 2018: 7.36SJTU Winter Open 2018: 6.39Hefei Spring 2019: 5.91Kunshan Open 2019: 6.75Hangzhou Open 2019: 6.16China Championship 2019: 6.65Suzhou Open 2019: 5.67Danish Open 2019: 6.01Shenzhen Open 2019: 6.63Shanghai Open 2019: 6.62Nanjing Autumn 2019: 6.54Hangzhou Autumn 2019: 7.01Wuxi Winter 2019: 7.10Shaoxing Open 2019: 6.48Nanchang Good Afternoon 2021: 5.68Shaoxing Afternoon 2021: 5.67Hangzhou Open PM 2021: 4.42Kunshan Afternoon 2021: 5.92Xuzhou Open PM 2021: 5.74Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021: 5.18Blandede Bolsjer i Lejre 2023: 5.95Bolton Summer 2023: 5.85Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 6.12Huzhou Open 2024: 5.65Kunshan Open 2024: 5.78Deqing Small Cubes Summer 2024: 5.31Ningbo Autumn 2025: 5.65Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 6.63Xuzhou Zenith 2026: 6.354.4211.0814 May 201611 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-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.