People · United Kingdom
Isla McLachlan
2×2 · top 2.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024MCLA01
Isla McLachlan has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.61, set at Sheffield Spring 2026, puts her in the top 2.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 199th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since January 2024, she has put 311 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 30.32 in January 2024 to 11.05, a 64% improvement. Isla has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.61 | 3.90 | top 2.7% | 199 / 4,946 | |
| 3×3 | 11.05 | 13.97 | top 10.7% | 776 / 6,785 | |
| Skewb | 4.05 | 11.26 | top 11.3% | 264 / 2,439 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.40 | 7.68 | top 23.1% | 910 / 3,704 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.30 | 33.06 | top 40.2% | 715 / 1,861 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.39 | 1:15.40 | top 43.4% | 952 / 2,112 | |
| Clock | 14.86 | 19.39 | top 47.3% | 639 / 1,255 | |
| Megaminx | 2:17.08 | 2:26.58 | top 55.0% | 650 / 998 | |
| 5×5 | 2:51.90 | — | early days — 2 solves | 951 / 1,167 |
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
- 23 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Sheffield Spring 2026.
- 7 Mar 2026Five personal bests in one day at Wiltshire Spring 2026.
- 13 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Wiltshire Winter 2025.
- 22 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's UK Championship 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.57 at Birmingham Spring 2025.
- 18 May 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.79 at Weston-super-Mare Spring 2024.
Competitions
- Kewbz UK Championship 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Sheffield Spring 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Winter 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Coventry Spring 2025 · 24 May 2025
- Birmingham Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Weston-super-Mare Spring 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire February 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bristol Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 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 her.
- Blue James — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Dorian Chan — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Rufus Cripps — met in 52 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
Targets move as she improves.