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Luke Nix

2×2 · top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022NIXL01

Luke Nix has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.30, set at Apex Algs Again 2026, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 566th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since November 2022, he has put 773 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.46 in November 2022 to 7.33, a 41% improvement. Luke has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time
1.30
signature single · Apex Algs Again 2026
773
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.302.44
top 1.4%566 / 40,951
3×37.338.59
top 1.7%1,051 / 59,724
Pyraminx3.414.90
top 5.1%1,333 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed13.7818.15
top 5.7%794 / 15,683
4×434.4540.29
top 6.2%959 / 19,072
Megaminx1:07.971:18.92
top 14.5%977 / 7,841
Skewb4.587.72
top 15.1%2,364 / 18,907
Clock8.8610.21
top 19.2%1,470 / 8,927
5×51:28.491:40.12
top 26.0%2,037 / 9,401
Square-120.7031.69
top 29.5%1,920 / 6,743
6×63:16.723:28.23
top 48.9%1,831 / 4,196
3×3 blindfolded6:46.70—
early days — 2 solves1,888 / 2,092

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

Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2022: 12.46Rocky Top 2022: 11.13Wolfpack Winter 2023: 12.75ODU Big Blue Spring 2023: 9.01AlphaCubing B 2023: 11.06Hobcaw Cubing 2023: 9.23Virginia Beach Fall 2023: 10.30Upstate Palmetto Puzzles 2024: 9.53Concord Summer 2024: 9.94CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024: 8.74Charlotte Winter 2025: 7.98North Carolina Championship 2025: 7.33Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.01Concord Summer 2025: 8.21NCSU Wolfpack 2025: 7.38Wrightsville Beach Bash 2026: 8.22Bull City Big Cubes NC 2026: 7.90Apex Algs Again 2026: 7.92Warm Up Carolina Pride 2026: 8.03Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 8.507.3312.7512 Nov 20222 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.