People · United States
Luke Nilsen
3×3 · top 2.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024NILS04
Luke Nilsen has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.52, set at Space City Winter TX 2025, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,190th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2024, he has put 261 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Luke has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 7.52 | 8.81 | top 2.0% | 1,190 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 31.92 | 37.79 | top 4.1% | 660 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 2.09 | 2.98 | top 5.4% | 2,134 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.55 | 6.16 | top 10.5% | 2,748 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 1:09.87 | 1:15.53 | top 11.5% | 894 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 1:07.89 | 1:13.62 | top 14.4% | 973 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.39 | 21.78 | top 18.9% | 2,432 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 5.54 | 7.86 | top 22.3% | 3,547 / 18,907 | |
| 7×7 | 3:42.30 | 3:45.04 | top 24.3% | 687 / 3,184 | |
| 6×6 | 2:35.26 | 2:44.32 | top 28.4% | 1,003 / 4,196 |
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 2025Five personal bests in one day at Houston Back to School 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Space City Winter TX 2025.
- 2 Mar 2024First competition: Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024. A 8.36 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer Houston 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Space City Fall TX 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Houston Back to School 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Space City Winter TX 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 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.
- Noah Silva — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Rune Thomas Coulbourne — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
- Garner James Nilsen — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 19 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.52 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.