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Luke Ripperger

Pyraminx · top 3.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022RIPP01

Luke Ripperger has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.07, set at Rocky Mountain Championship 2026, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,032nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 64 competitions since May 2022, he has put 2,397 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.71 in May 2022 to 9.17, a 58% improvement. Luke has entered 64 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 3.9% of 129,321 all-time
3.07
signature single · Rocky Mountain Championship 2026
2,397
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx3.075.93
top 3.9%1,032 / 28,708
2×21.983.66
top 4.6%1,844 / 40,951
3×39.1711.46
top 5.3%2,948 / 59,724
Skewb3.917.63
top 10.3%1,572 / 18,907
Clock7.689.74
top 13.7%1,047 / 8,927
4×441.5648.27
top 14.0%2,079 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed18.2823.00
top 15.8%2,042 / 15,683
5×51:25.371:36.95
top 23.6%1,828 / 9,401
Square-120.2023.94
top 28.4%1,863 / 6,743
Megaminx1:33.521:51.30
top 30.4%2,128 / 7,841
6×62:47.233:05.63
top 34.7%1,246 / 4,196
7×74:51.615:57.49
top 48.2%1,400 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves50.33
top 48.3%1,031 / 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

Colorado Cubing Weekend 2022: 21.71Slopeside Solving 2022: 23.10Cubing for Charity Colorado 2022: 19.24CO Solving in Fall for All 2022: 15.12Cubing in The Springs 2022: 15.96LoCo Cubing PM 2022: 15.59Bundle Up Broomfield 2023: 14.24High Plains Solving 2023: 13.81Sleepless in Seattle 2023: 11.87Mile High Megacomp 2023: 13.61Don't be Fooled Colorado 2023: 12.62Colorado Waffle Jostle 2023: 13.69Colorado Western Slope 2023: 12.62Colorado Mountain Tour - Golden 2023: 14.16Colorado Mountain Tour - Frisco 2023: 11.30Colorado Mountain Tour - Avon 2023: 13.23Don't Fall Off Pikes Peak 2023: 12.07CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 13.13Colorado Jungle Jumble 2023: 12.73Centennial State Cube-Off 2023: 12.50The Art of the Cube Colorado 2023: 11.83Rocky Mountain Warm-Up 2023: 10.99CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 10.87Pillar of Fire Colorado 2023: 12.08USAFA Flyby Cubing 2023: 12.01Happy Holidays Colorado 2023: 12.23DeNxNver 2024: 11.58Barely Awake Boulder 2024: 12.33Happy Crew Déjà Vu Colorado 2024: 13.98Spring Madness Colorado 2024: 11.80Pretzel Mania Denver 2024: 10.89Colorado Mountain Tour - Evergreen 2024: 10.97Colorado Mountain Tour - Frisco 2024: 11.81Colorado Mountain Tour - Avon 2024: 11.74Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 12.17Colorado Springs Showdown 2024: 11.38Back to School Colorado 2024: 10.48Golden Touch 2024: 10.37Colorado Championship 2024: 11.46Couve Cubing Fall 2024: 12.00Centennial State Cube Off 2024: 10.15Winter Warmup CO 2025: 11.17DeNxNver 2025: 10.40Oredigger Open CO 2025: 12.52Happy Crew CO 2025: 10.62Longmont Open 2025: 11.34Pueblo Puzzling 2025: 10.44Colorado Springs Spring 2025: 12.66Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.52FoCo Open 2025: 11.23Colorado Cubing Weekend 2025: 9.17Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025: 9.89Rocky Mountain Championship 2025: 11.74Oredigger Fall CO 2025: 10.50DeNxNver 2026: 11.63Oredigger Open CO 2026: 11.07Pi Day Cubing CO 2026: 11.46Colorado Springs Spring 2026: 10.36Cube Against Cancer Colorado 2026: 10.10Denver Mini 2026: 10.03Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 9.66Rocky Mountain Championship 2026: 11.589.1723.1021 May 202221 Aug 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 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.