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Luke Brunsvold
3×3 · top 1.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016BRUN01
Luke Brunsvold has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.28, set at Cubing at Iowa State 2025, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,009th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since January 2016, he has put 457 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.86 in January 2016 to 7.28, a 63% improvement. Luke has entered 14 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 | 7.28 | 8.91 | top 1.7% | 1,009 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 30.43 | 39.06 | top 3.1% | 505 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.08 | 16.74 | top 4.5% | 658 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 2.61 | 3.43 | top 10.0% | 3,938 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.67 | 8.51 | top 11.2% | 2,922 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.00 | 1:23.49 | top 15.3% | 1,188 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 16.42 | 23.01 | top 19.6% | 1,319 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:25.93 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,263 / 2,092 |
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
- 18 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024Six personal bests in one day at Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2024.
- 19 Nov 2022Three personal bests in one day at Iowa Fall 2022.
- 10 Nov 2018Three personal bests in one day at Independence Cube Day 2018.
- 2 Dec 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.43 at Dixon Winter 2017.
- 8 Oct 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.30 at Dixon Fall 2016.
Competitions
- Cubing at Iowa State 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Iowa Fall 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Peoria 2020 · 16 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- West Branch Summer 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Peoria 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Independence Cube Day 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Dixon Winter 2017 · 2 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- ChicaGhosts 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Iowa State Spring 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Music City Speedsolving 2017 · 11 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Dixon Fall 2016 · 8 Oct 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Music City Winter 2016 · 2 Jan 2016
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.
- Simon Kellum — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Cale Schoon — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Brian Johnson — met in 53 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.