People · France
Luke Mercy
3×3 · top 4.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025MERC03
Luke Mercy has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.00, set at Braunschweig Open 2026, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 282nd in France. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since March 2025, he has put 576 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.70 in March 2025 to 9.00, a 43% improvement. Luke has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.00 | 10.90 | top 4.9% | 282 / 4,823 | |
| 2×2 | 2.14 | 4.02 | top 5.8% | 250 / 3,129 | |
| 4×4 | 40.26 | 48.65 | top 12.5% | 248 / 1,839 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.71 | 9.07 | top 17.9% | 446 / 2,185 | |
| Skewb | 5.45 | 8.31 | top 21.6% | 316 / 1,309 | |
| 5×5 | 1:27.59 | 1:39.84 | top 25.5% | 235 / 1,038 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.99 | 28.01 | top 31.6% | 482 / 1,508 | |
| 7×7 | 4:21.36 | 4:43.19 | top 38.2% | 117 / 381 | |
| 6×6 | 2:56.13 | 3:06.64 | top 39.2% | 146 / 444 | |
| Clock | 13.30 | — | early days — 2 solves | 289 / 719 | |
| Square-1 | 34.70 | 59.79 | top 58.0% | 327 / 547 |
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
- 4 Jul 2026Four personal bests in one day at NxN in Jura 2026.
- 30 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Sydals Open 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at German Open 2026.
- 14 Mar 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.00 at Braunschweig Open 2026.
- 14 Mar 2026Eight personal bests in one day at Braunschweig Open 2026.
- 21 Feb 2026Six personal bests in one day at Schwerin Open 2026.
Competitions
- c't Open Hannover 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NxN in Jura 2026 · 4 Jul 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Sydals Open 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- German Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Hayange Open 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Braunschweig Open 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 8 personal bests set
- Schwerin Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Rubik's German Nationals 2025 · 26 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Sydals Open 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- German Newcomer Day 2025 · 1 Mar 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.
- Ricardo Olea Catalán — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Hannes Müller — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Finn Comerford — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.