People · United States
Hugo Lai
4×4 · top 8.6% of 83,917 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024LAIH02
Hugo Lai has been competing for a year. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 36.90, set at UCSD Weeknights V 2025, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,291st in the United States. Until October 2009, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since September 2024, he has put 35 official solves on the record across three events. Hugo has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 36.90 | 45.75 | top 8.6% | 1,291 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 | 11.24 | 13.24 | top 11.2% | 6,080 / 59,724 | |
| 5×5 | 1:27.72 | 1:31.56 | top 25.5% | 1,992 / 9,401 |
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 Sep 2024First competition: Super Duper San Diego 2024. A 11.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCSD Unofficial Events 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- UCSD Weeknights V 2025 · 13 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD Weeknights III 2025 · 23 Jan 2025
- UCSD Weeknights II 2024 · 14 Nov 2024
- Super Duper San Diego 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
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.
- Sherry Tao (陶心仪) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Manning Karahashi (唐橋康成) — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Dylan Govic — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.90 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.