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Luke Pontius

2×2 · top 35.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023PONT01

Luke Pontius has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.70, set at Get Ready Grove City 2024, puts him in the top 35.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,170th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since July 2023, he has put 59 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.72 in July 2023 to 32.33, a 26% improvement. Luke has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 35.5% of 186,767 all-time
4.70
signature single · Get Ready Grove City 2024
59
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.708.45
top 35.5%14,170 / 40,951
3×332.3338.00
top 66.4%39,924 / 59,724
Pyraminx12.1313.14
top 68.0%20,118 / 28,708

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

Flag City Summer 2023: 43.72Bulldog Winter 2024: 38.47Green Summer 2024: 35.95Get Ready Grove City 2024: 32.33Many Cubes in Mansfield 2025: 37.25Gem City Pre-Flight Warm Up OH 2025: 34.5932.3343.7222 Jul 202328 Jun 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 2.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.