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Luke Satko

Skewb · top 3.5% of 73,281 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023SATK01

Luke Satko has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.68, set at Colorado Springs Summer 2025, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 552nd in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since July 2023, he has put 529 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.68 in July 2023 to 9.03, a 49% improvement. Luke has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 3.5% of 73,281 all-time
2.68
signature single · Colorado Springs Summer 2025
529
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb2.685.58
top 3.5%552 / 18,907
2×21.863.01
top 3.9%1,537 / 40,951
3×39.0311.68
top 4.9%2,758 / 59,724
Pyraminx3.415.53
top 5.1%1,333 / 28,708
4×437.0646.84
top 8.7%1,309 / 19,072
3×3 blindfolded57.001:37.41
top 12.1%233 / 2,092
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves34.00
top 14.8%327 / 2,040
Clock7.969.74
top 15.1%1,156 / 8,927
5×51:16.031:32.03
top 16.1%1,251 / 9,401
Square-115.8422.03
top 18.3%1,240 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed19.7024.94
top 19.7%2,529 / 15,683
Megaminx1:18.791:21.73
top 21.0%1,449 / 7,841
4×4 blindfolded6:25.96—
early days — 2 solves135 / 440
6×62:44.293:09.88
top 33.1%1,183 / 4,196
7×74:26.034:45.31
top 39.8%1,127 / 3,184
3×3 Multi-Blind9 of 13 cubes · 54:54—
early days — 3 solves304 / 731
5×5 blindfolded15:41.00—
early days — 1 solve96 / 218

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

Rialto Cubing Summer 2023: 17.68Irvine Fall 2023: 13.04Bobcat Battle Fall 2023: 15.01University Heights Cubing Winter 2024: 12.59Don't Turn SLOw Spring 2024: 12.39CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 11.13Temecula Valley Fall 2024: 13.42SacCubing XIX 2025: 10.30Vegas Cubing Cup Spring 2025: 10.95Colorado Springs Summer 2025: 11.06Sequoia Cubing 2025: 11.24Super Duper San Diego 2026: 9.03Temecula Valley Spring 2026: 9.46Pikes Peak AM 2026: 10.219.0317.688 Jul 202325 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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.