People · United States
Luke Janzen
Skewb · top 1.8% of 74,164 all-time · competing since December 2025 · 2025JANZ05
Luke Janzen has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.16, set at Cuyuna Cubing 2026, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 268th in the United States. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since December 2025, he has put 376 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.32 in December 2025 to 7.49, a 20% improvement. Luke has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.16 | 7.17 | top 1.8% | 268 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 7.49 | 9.67 | top 2.0% | 1,197 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.94 | 4.30 | top 3.4% | 923 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 1.89 | 2.40 | top 4.1% | 1,649 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.16 | 17.35 | top 8.5% | 1,143 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 43.53 | 45.59 | top 16.5% | 2,539 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 2:02.71 | 2:15.98 | top 51.0% | 4,349 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,117 / 2,059 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026Four personal bests in one day at UCO Mega Cube-Off 2026.
- 14 Aug 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Kansas Championship 2026.
- 11 Jun 2026Five personal bests in one day at GAN Southern Championship 2026.
- 30 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Panhandling for Cubes Oklahoma 2026.
- 13 Dec 2025First competition: Tulsa Holiday Cube-Off 2025. A 9.32 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCO Mega Cube-Off 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cuyuna Cubing 2026 · 27 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ardmore Autumn 2026 · 12 Sep 2026
- Kansas Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- GAN Southern Championship 2026 · 11 Jun 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Panhandling for Cubes Oklahoma 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- OKC Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Tulsa Holiday Cube-Off 2025 · 13 Dec 2025
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.
- Sean Janzen — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 43 times · head to head
- Jake Maddox — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Julia Janzen — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 51 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.