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Luke Otto

Skewb · top 6.3% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024OTTO01

Luke Otto has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.25, set at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 978th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since March 2024, he has put 600 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.34 in March 2024 to 11.85, a 67% improvement. Luke has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 6.3% of 73,281 all-time
3.25
signature single · Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026
600
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb3.254.57
top 6.3%978 / 18,907
3×311.8514.66
top 13.4%7,180 / 59,724
Pyraminx5.247.26
top 14.7%3,853 / 28,708
2×23.083.99
top 15.2%5,943 / 40,951
Clock8.079.49
top 15.5%1,183 / 8,927
Megaminx1:30.431:37.55
top 28.5%1,976 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed23.0129.27
top 28.8%3,721 / 15,683
4×453.9857.24
top 29.5%4,618 / 19,072
5×51:40.431:57.77
top 35.7%2,837 / 9,401
Square-130.4041.67
top 50.1%3,278 / 6,743
6×63:41.424:11.21
top 59.2%2,266 / 4,196
7×75:55.386:43.76
early days — 3 solves2,018 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves60 moves—
early days — 3 solves1,918 / 2,040

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

Minnesota Newcomer Sunday 2024: 36.34Minnesota Slice 2024: 34.38Minnesota Cube Melt 2024: 32.21Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 33.66Grand Forks 2024: 28.25Minnesota Championship 2024: 23.48Minnesota Cube Melt 2025: 17.01Moorhead Madness 2025: 17.62Minnesota Slice 2025: 20.15Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 15.16CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025: 15.55Grand Forks 2025: 12.48Cubetcha MN 2025: 11.85Race the Clock MN 2025: 12.35Cube Against Cancer Minnesota 2026: 12.55Minnesota Cube Melt 2026: 13.55Fast in Fargo 2026: 12.93Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 14.7111.8536.343 Mar 20242 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-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.