People · United States
Luke King
2×2 · top 4.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016KING06
Luke King has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.98, set at Classic City Summer 2017, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,844th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since July 2016, he has put 237 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.37 in July 2016 to 12.27, a 65% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.98 | 4.68 | top 4.6% | 1,844 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 12.27 | 14.48 | top 14.8% | 7,925 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 50.13 | 57.24 | top 24.9% | 3,812 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.32 | 10.81 | top 30.5% | 8,498 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.98 | 48.47 | top 60.8% | 8,542 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 13.09 | 18.56 | top 71.0% | 13,374 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:46.54 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,492 / 9,401 | |
| 7×7 | 8:08.36 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,873 / 3,184 | |
| Square-1 | 1:18.65 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,264 / 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
- 13 May 2017Four personal bests in one day at Crossroads Cubing Spring 2017.
- 25 Feb 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.76 at All Aboard 2017.
- 21 Jan 2017First sub-20 3×3: 17.12 at Crossroads Cubing 2017.
- 21 Jan 2017Four personal bests in one day at Crossroads Cubing 2017.
- 13 Aug 2016First sub-30 3×3: 22.93 at Discovery Place 2016.
- 17 Jul 2016First competition: Spontaneous Summer 2016. A 35.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Middle Georgia March Madness 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rocky The Ram Cubes 2019 · 14 Sep 2019
- Greensboro Summer 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Georgia Goobers 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Hendersonville Winter 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Hendersonville Fall 2017 · 3 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Classic City Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Crossroads Cubing Spring 2017 · 13 May 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Mountain View Open 2017 · 29 Apr 2017
- All Aboard 2017 · 25 Feb 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Crossroads Cubing 2017 · 21 Jan 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Athens Fall Late Night 2016 · 8 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Discovery Place 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Spontaneous Summer 2016 · 17 Jul 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.
- Katie Hull — met in 56 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Ambrose — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead once
- Raymond Goslow — met in 46 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.