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Luke Pearson

Pyraminx · top 1.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017PEAR01

Luke Pearson has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.18, set at Buccaneer Bonanza 2022, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 394th in the United States. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 47 competitions since February 2017, he has put 1,701 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.28 in February 2017 to 11.50, a 55% improvement. Luke has entered 47 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.5% of 129,321 all-time
2.18
signature single · Buccaneer Bonanza 2022
1,701
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx2.183.45
top 1.5%394 / 28,708
Skewb3.215.72
top 6.1%942 / 18,907
4×437.5344.55
top 9.3%1,385 / 19,072
3×311.5014.33
top 12.2%6,544 / 59,724
2×22.874.10
top 12.8%5,017 / 40,951
Square-114.7123.05
top 15.7%1,061 / 6,743
5×51:15.631:26.35
top 15.8%1,224 / 9,401
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves40.33
top 20.4%446 / 2,040
6×63:00.893:15.09
top 41.5%1,525 / 4,196
Megaminx2:07.872:33.73
top 50.0%3,728 / 7,841
Clock16.4519.05
top 53.5%4,415 / 8,927
7×75:13.635:14.10
top 55.0%1,615 / 3,184
3×3 one-handed33.8849.36
top 55.2%7,651 / 15,683

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

Mishawaka Winter 2017: 25.28CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 21.283rd Coast Cubing 2019: 17.93Indiana 2019: 15.81Copper Country Cubing Fall 2019: 13.68UIUC Fall 2019: 16.76Indianapolis Cubes Winter 2019: 14.76No Shoes Kentucky 2019: 16.50Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2020: 13.50Buccaneer Bonanza 2022: 16.37Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2022: 15.33NxNaperville 2022: 14.14CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2022: 13.86Cubing Peoria 2022: 12.25Indiana Finally Returns 2023: 16.31Everything in Evanston B 2023: 18.18Washtenaw Spring A 2023: 14.66Gem City Donuts and Dragons 2023: 16.22CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 15.57CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 16.18Nimble Hands in Noblesville 2024: 14.12Bloomington Open 2024: 15.57Little Giant Open 2024: 13.35Countless Cubes Chicagoland A 2024: 15.23Lincoln Library Cubing 2024: 12.54Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 12.44Land of Lincoln 2024: 14.19Grand Rapids Cubes 2024: 12.92CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 13.64Indiana Championship 2024: 14.53Don't Pop Preble 2024: 13.85Barbados 2025: 13.51Southern Indiana Qualifier 2025: 15.49Midwest Cubing Classic 2025: 14.84Fun in Muncie 2025: 11.50Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 15.28Hawaiian Island Tour - Kona 2025: 13.27Hawaiian Island Tour - Waimea 2025: 12.89Hawaiian Island Tour - Hilo 2025: 14.38Hawaiian Island Tour - Kāhala Open 2025: 14.96Hawaiian Island Tour - Honolulu 2025: 15.89CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026: 14.9411.5025.2818 Feb 20175 Jun 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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.