People · Australia
Luke Smith
Pyraminx · top 2.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018SMIT38
Luke Smith has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.65, set at NSW State Championship 2025, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 126th in Australia. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since October 2018, he has put 765 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 26.67 in October 2018 to 2.65, a 90% improvement. Luke has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.65 | 4.25 | top 2.6% | 126 / 5,993 | |
| Clock | 4.24 | 5.59 | top 2.8% | 36 / 1,095 | |
| 2×2 | 1.98 | 5.40 | top 4.6% | 353 / 8,567 | |
| Skewb | 3.80 | 6.24 | top 9.6% | 247 / 3,534 | |
| Megaminx | 1:05.20 | 1:08.72 | top 12.8% | 157 / 1,277 | |
| 3×3 | 12.18 | 16.44 | top 14.5% | 1,293 / 11,709 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.91 | 36.59 | top 48.7% | 1,130 / 2,659 |
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
Best single per competition, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 27 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Cammeray Clock Clash 2025.
- 28 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Coffs Big Banana Bonanza 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in Wollondilly 2024.
- 10 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.78 at Puzzling Parramatta 2024.
- 3 Mar 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.78 at Tramsheds I: Newcomer Sunday 2024.
- 3 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Tramsheds I: Newcomer Sunday 2024.
Competitions
- Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
- Tramsheds VII: Spring Sunday 2025 · 9 Nov 2025
- Cammeray Clock Clash 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Tramsheds VI: Winter Sunday 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Coffs Big Banana Bonanza 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- TAS Side State Championship 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- NSW Side State Championship 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tramsheds V: Autumn Sunday 2025 · 18 May 2025
- Lake Macquarie Open 2025 · 3 May 2025
- NSW State Championship 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tramsheds IV: Summer Saturday 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at The Cube 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Odd Sides in Sydney 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Maitland Spring 2024 · 23 Nov 2024
- Sydney Spring Sunday 2024 · 17 Nov 2024
- Take Your Time Sydney 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Canberra Spring 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Coffs Big Banana Bonanza 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in Wollondilly 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Tramsheds III: August Sunday 2024 · 25 Aug 2024
- Puzzling Parramatta 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2024 · 12 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Chilling in Canberra Sunday 2024 · 23 Jun 2024
- Kiama Winter 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024 · 18 May 2024
- Capital Cubing in Canberra Saturday 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Goulburn Open 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kogarah Cube Day Saturday 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds I: Newcomer Sunday 2024 · 3 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Going Back to the Gong 2024 · 10 Feb 2024
- Darwin Open 2020 · 5 Dec 2020
- Gold Coast Spring 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019
- Koalafication Melbourne 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2018 · 6 Oct 2018
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.
- Miles Irwin — met in 99 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Harrison Jonathan Newbery-Chunn — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Bryan Eng — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.