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Luke Van Laningham

Pyraminx · top 0.14% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015VANL01

Luke Van Laningham has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.18, set at Gem City 2022, puts him in the top 0.14% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 48th in the United States. Until June 2018, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 55 competitions since June 2015, he has put 2,722 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.78 in June 2015 to 6.15, a 63% improvement. Luke has entered 55 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.14% of 129,321 all-time
1.18
signature single · Gem City 2022
2,722
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx1.181.88
top 0.14%48 / 28,708
Skewb1.282.20
top 0.18%25 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed8.0812.99
top 0.22%34 / 15,683
2×20.811.36
top 0.24%103 / 40,951
3×36.156.89
top 0.58%386 / 59,724
4×428.5533.25
top 2.0%338 / 19,072
3×3 Fewest Moves22 moves31.67
top 2.2%57 / 2,040
Megaminx48.8259.62
top 4.6%328 / 7,841
5×559.841:06.71
top 5.4%445 / 9,401
Square-19.9612.18
top 6.0%439 / 6,743
Clock6.007.61
top 7.3%568 / 8,927
3×3 blindfolded55.641:06.97
top 11.7%224 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind12 of 12 cubes · 57:29—
top 13.1%98 / 731
6×62:05.802:07.37
top 13.6%499 / 4,196
7×73:34.173:50.56
top 21.2%602 / 3,184
4×4 blindfolded6:51.26—
top 35.5%150 / 440
5×5 blindfolded17:27.00—
early days — 2 solves111 / 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

Indiana 2015: 16.78Queen City 2016: 14.64Dayton Spring 2016: 12.95Michigan 2016: 12.11Shaker Fall 2016: 11.39Dayton Winter 2017: 10.59Bluegrass Spring 2017: 9.63Queen City 2017: 6.58CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 8.88Rocky Top 2017: 7.99Wildcat Holiday 2017: 8.57Husky Showdown 2018: 8.04Howland Winter 2018: 8.57Flag City Spring 2018: 8.65CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018: 7.07Cardinal Bird Fiesta 2018: 7.79CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 7.82Flag City Fall 2018: 7.25Florence Winter 2019: 7.21Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2019: 8.18Derby City Open 2019: 6.72Indianapolis Cubes 2019: 6.15Cubing For Kyle 2019: 7.63CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019: 7.08Bulldog Qualifier 2019: 7.25CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 7.72Flag City Fall 2019: 7.78No Shoes Kentucky 2019: 7.16Garrettsville G-Men Classic 2020: 6.89Bulldog Winter 2022: 7.07Gem City 2022: 6.85Bluegrass Spring 2022: 7.10CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022: 6.93Maine Spring 2023: 6.92CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 6.58Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023: 6.69Cincinnati Speed Solving 2024: 6.88Cubicle Day Oxford 2024: 6.38Northern Kentucky 2024: 6.41CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 6.75Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024: 6.38Northern Kentucky 2025: 7.006.1516.7812 Jun 20153 May 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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.