People · United States
Luke Bodwell
3×3 · top 9.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016BODW02
Luke Bodwell has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.73, set at WPI Winter 2024, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,253rd in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since April 2016, he has put 504 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.53 in April 2016 to 10.73, a 60% improvement. Luke has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 10.73 | 12.87 | top 9.7% | 5,253 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.83 | 4.29 | top 12.3% | 4,846 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.31 | 9.83 | top 15.1% | 3,969 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 5.70 | 9.60 | top 23.4% | 3,767 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 49.15 | 1:01.12 | top 23.7% | 3,609 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.59 | 36.22 | top 40.9% | 5,464 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 27.40 | 41.85 | top 44.4% | 2,885 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 2:06.69 | — | top 53.4% | 4,503 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:29.59 | — | top 60.9% | 4,595 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 5:21.96 | 5:42.06 | early days — 3 solves | 3,481 / 4,196 |
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
- 14 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Midcoast Cubing 2018.
- 10 Jun 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.65 at Midcoast Cubing 2017.
- 10 Jun 2017Eight personal bests in one day at Midcoast Cubing 2017.
- 25 Jun 2016First sub-20 3×3: 19.29 at Lexington Summer 2016.
- 25 Jun 2016Six personal bests in one day at Lexington Summer 2016.
- 23 Apr 2016First competition: Maine Cubing 2016. A 26.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- WPI Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Maine Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023
- Maine Spring 2022 · 19 Mar 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Massachusetts Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- BA Fall Cube Fest 2018 · 3 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Blue Cubed 2018 · 5 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Midcoast Cubing 2018 · 14 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- BA Cube Fest 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Lexington Summer 2017 · 1 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Midcoast Cubing 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 8 personal bests set
- Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Sharon Summer 2016 · 13 Aug 2016
- Lexington Summer 2016 · 25 Jun 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Maine Cubing 2016 · 23 Apr 2016 — 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.
- Aidan McKenzie — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Alex Cohen — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Derek White — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.