People · New Zealand
Luke Houghton
3×3 · top 15.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2025 · 2025HOUG06
Luke Houghton has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.47, set at New Zealand Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 15.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 316th in New Zealand. Across 2 competitions since December 2025, he has put 82 official solves on the record across seven events. Luke has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.47 | 15.02 | top 15.5% | 316 / 2,095 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.95 | 9.71 | top 19.6% | 277 / 1,141 | |
| 2×2 | 3.96 | 4.45 | top 26.0% | 467 / 1,615 | |
| 4×4 | 52.37 | 56.94 | top 27.6% | 184 / 722 | |
| Clock | 14.35 | 16.78 | top 45.3% | 159 / 303 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.72 | 45.49 | top 56.8% | 298 / 600 | |
| Skewb | 11.34 | 17.43 | top 62.7% | 441 / 666 |
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 Feb 2026Five personal bests in one day at NZ North Island Championship 2026.
- 12 Dec 2025First competition: New Zealand Nationals 2025. A 12.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NZ North Island Championship 2026 · 27 Feb 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2025 · 12 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Thomas Kilbey — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Thomas Swarbrick — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Brandon Harris — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.