Lucas Etter

Lucas Etter
Lucas Etter (WLEX interview)
Born	2001 (age 15–16)
Known for	Speedcubing

Lucas Etter is an American speedcuber who previously held the world record for fastest single Rubik's Cube solve, 4.904 seconds, set November 21, 2015 when he was 14. Etter’s solve made him the first person to break the five second barrier in official competition.

The record prior to Etter’s solve was 5.25 seconds, held by Collin Burns of the United States. However, earlier on the same day as Etter’s solve, Keaton Ellis performed a 5.09 second solve, but according to official rules, Ellis’s time isn’t recorded as a world record.

Etter is also known for setting the world record average for the 2x2x2 Rubik’s cube, known as the Pocket Cube. Etter’s time of 1.51 seconds was set at the Music City 2015 competition in Nashville, Tennessee on September 12, 2015.

In the Summer of 2016, Etter won the US National Championship with an average time of 7.54 seconds.

Etter began cubing when his grandparents bought him a Rubik’s cube, and entered his first competition in 2011 at the age of 9. He uses the CFOP method for solving the cube.

Etter is a student at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, Kentucky.

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