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Luke Ovcharov

3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023OVCH01

Luke Ovcharov has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.36, set at Clayton State Cubing 2024, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Bulgaria. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since July 2023, he has put 829 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 15 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.56 in July 2023 to 7.36, a 53% improvement. Luke has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time
7.36
signature single · Clayton State Cubing 2024
829
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBulgaria
3×37.369.11
top 1.8%9 / 567
2×21.772.57
top 3.4%13 / 407
Skewb3.477.10
top 7.5%17 / 237
4×436.5544.08
top 8.2%14 / 192
Pyraminx4.158.32
top 8.4%26 / 332
3×3 one-handed15.2021.47
top 8.5%11 / 139
5×51:13.451:26.63
top 14.1%10 / 94
Clock11.1512.02
top 30.8%18 / 78
6×62:43.202:59.03
top 32.5%13 / 40
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves53.67
top 79.2%14 / 17

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

Fountain City 2023: 15.56Pickett's Mill Battlefield 2023: 15.61Clarks Hill Cubing 2023: 11.25Cuber Jackets Fall 2023: 11.26Algorithms on Abercorn 2023: 10.44Sowega Solving 2023: 9.96Rocky Top 2023: 11.34Choo Choo Cubing A 2024: 9.29Cobb Cubes and Clocks 2024: 9.69Beat the Clock Westminster 2024: 9.20Clayton State Cubing 2024: 7.36Alabama Championship 2024: 9.58CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024: 8.51Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 9.87T-Town Showdown AL 2024: 9.29Scenic City Scramble TN 2024: 8.59CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 7.46GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2024: 8.20Middle Georgia Gives Thanks 2024: 9.14Baton Rouge Winter B 2025: 8.85Vanderbilt Winter 2025: 8.02Cubing on the Plains at Auburn 2025: 8.37Atlanta Algs at AIS 2025: 7.65GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2025: 8.21CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025: 8.68Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.947.3615.611 Jul 20233 Jul 2025

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.

  • Katie Hull — met in 175 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
  • Alex Bohac — met in 166 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
  • Raymond Goslow — met in 158 rounds, finished ahead 31 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.