People · United States
Luke Melikian
3×3 · top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019MELI01
Luke Melikian has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.16, set at Battle for Toledo 2019, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,928th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since May 2019, he has put 88 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.75 in May 2019 to 9.16, a 33% improvement. Luke has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 9.16 | 11.99 | top 5.2% | 2,928 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.93 | 21.64 | top 17.6% | 2,267 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 46.67 | 49.85 | top 20.4% | 3,100 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 4.30 | 5.58 | top 30.3% | 12,066 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.61 | 2:01.26 | top 44.4% | 3,647 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.02 | 13.42 | top 45.0% | 12,956 / 28,708 |
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
- 9 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Michigan 2019.
- 13 Jul 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.21 at Battle for Toledo 2019.
- 13 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at Battle for Toledo 2019.
- 22 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Bulldog Qualifier 2019.
- 4 May 2019First competition: Kent State Taco Bash 2019. A 19.43 3×3 single to start from.
- 4 May 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.75 at Kent State Taco Bash 2019.
Competitions
- Flag City Summer 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
- Michigan 2019 · 9 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Battle for Toledo 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Bulldog Qualifier 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Kent State Taco Bash 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 1 personal best 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.
- Mason Langenderfer — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zachary Garber — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Benjamin Pugh — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.