People · United States
Luke D. Stivers
2×2 · top 7.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022STIV01
Luke D. Stivers has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.38, set at Northern Kentucky 2025, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,062nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since June 2022, he has put 309 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.62 in June 2022 to 13.23, a 57% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.38 | 5.05 | top 7.8% | 3,062 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 13.23 | 16.39 | top 18.2% | 9,767 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.62 | 12.19 | top 24.8% | 6,765 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 6.84 | 9.78 | top 32.4% | 5,412 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 12.66 | 15.89 | top 38.1% | 3,017 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.06 | 1:17.67 | top 38.7% | 6,280 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:53.08 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,778 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 3:16.16 | — | top 79.7% | 6,289 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 54.01 | — | top 80.0% | 11,832 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 1:10.34 | — | early days — 3 solves | 6,017 / 6,743 |
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
- 3 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.23 at Northern Kentucky 2025.
- 3 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Northern Kentucky 2025.
- 4 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024.
- 19 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at Flex in Lex 2023.
- 24 Sep 2022First sub-30 3×3: 19.49 at Bluegrass Fall 2022.
- 24 Sep 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.49 at Bluegrass Fall 2022.
Competitions
- Lexington Winter 2025 · 27 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing on the Hill KY 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Northern Kentucky 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Country Roads Huntington 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Moonbow Mega Kentucky 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Back To The Ville 2023 · 5 Nov 2023
- Flex in Lex 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bluegrass Bash 2023 · 2 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- FMC in a Gem City Temple 2023 · 21 Jan 2023
- Bluegrass Fall 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Gem City Side Events 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Bluegrass Spring 2022 · 11 Jun 2022
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.
- Eric Dodson — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Tate Sullivan — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead once
- Javier Gonzalez-Napoleoni — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.