People · Australia
Timothy Lubke
3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022LUBK01
Timothy Lubke has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.88, set at Queensland Open 2024, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 255th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since June 2022, he has put 792 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.37 in June 2022 to 7.88, a 41% improvement. Timothy has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.88 | 12.03 | top 2.6% | 255 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 1.65 | 4.11 | top 2.8% | 226 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.75 | 7.37 | top 6.5% | 281 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.79 | 20.57 | top 12.1% | 273 / 2,659 | |
| Skewb | 4.35 | 7.80 | top 13.4% | 347 / 3,534 | |
| Megaminx | 1:19.90 | 1:38.97 | top 21.7% | 264 / 1,277 | |
| 4×4 | 47.84 | 53.10 | top 21.9% | 547 / 3,051 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.32 | 1:41.91 | top 28.4% | 379 / 1,356 | |
| Square-1 | 23.47 | 32.84 | top 35.8% | 343 / 899 | |
| 6×6 | 3:12.90 | 3:40.40 | top 47.2% | 287 / 641 | |
| 7×7 | 6:23.70 | 6:56.76 | top 73.0% | 352 / 523 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:44.64 | 6:17.20 | top 77.0% | 323 / 394 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 7.88 at Queensland Open 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at Brisbane Summer 2024.
- 28 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2023.
- 3 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at U Cube at UQ Sunday 2023.
- 8 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Queensland Open 2023.
- 4 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Brisbane Summer 2023.
Competitions
- Queensland Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026
- Wide Bay Cubing 2025 · 12 Jul 2025
- Brisbane Summer 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Speedy Southport 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- Chilling in Toowoomba 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Queensland Open 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Please Be Quiet Brisbane 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in Corinda Saturday 2024 · 9 Mar 2024
- Eastside Side Events 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
- Brisbane Summer 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- QUT Qube Challenge Sunday 2023 · 26 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Brisbane Big n Blind 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2023 · 28 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- U Cube at UQ Sunday 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Queensland Open 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Runaway Bay May Saturday 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Brisbane Summer 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022
- Northside Spring Saturday 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Runaway Bay Saturday Challenge 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Queensland Open 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Brisbane's 20 in 21 in 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Toby Seufert — met in 162 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Charlie Eggins — met in 153 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Moses Limmer — met in 150 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.88 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.