People · United States
Troy Lucas
3×3 · top 7.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022LUCA08
Troy Lucas has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.06, set at NA Stadium Series - Cleveland 2023, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,193rd in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since December 2022, he has put 212 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.01 in December 2022 to 10.06, a 28% improvement. Troy has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.06 | 12.58 | top 7.6% | 4,193 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.20 | 6.41 | top 8.7% | 2,229 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.56 | 5.02 | top 9.5% | 3,749 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 51.01 | 1:04.45 | top 25.9% | 3,996 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:33.17 | 1:51.55 | top 30.2% | 2,116 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 21.38 | 31.68 | top 31.1% | 2,011 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.49 | 40.90 | top 50.0% | 6,897 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:25.63 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,532 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 20.06 | — | early days — 3 solves | 5,528 / 8,927 | |
| 6×6 | 4:31.70 | 5:36.96 | top 75.1% | 2,981 / 4,196 | |
| Skewb | 16.23 | 28.07 | top 82.0% | 15,713 / 18,907 | |
| 7×7 | 9:16.82 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,077 / 3,184 |
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
- 4 Nov 2023Five personal bests in one day at ALL1- Pittsburgh 2023.
- 23 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Railroad City 2023.
- 3 Dec 2022First competition: Happy Valley Fall 2022. A 18.09 3×3 single to start from.
- 3 Dec 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.01 at Happy Valley Fall 2022.
Competitions
- Eastwood Cubing 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- BHT Pyraminx Bash 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- ALL1- Pittsburgh 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Railroad City 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- NA Stadium Series - Cleveland 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Take a Break Ohio State 2023 · 17 Mar 2023
- Happy Valley Fall 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Gabriel Gowman — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Xavier Ye — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead once
- Mark Gowman — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.