People · United States
Karlie Lai
3×3 · top 47.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025LAIK01
Karlie Lai has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.65, set at Davis Big Summer 2026, puts her in the top 47.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27,284th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since February 2025, she has put 19 official solves on the record across three events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 29.10 in February 2025 to 22.65, a 22% improvement. Karlie has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 22.65 | 26.63 | top 47.1% | 27,284 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 6.75 | 11.35 | top 58.3% | 23,903 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 22.55 | 28.50 | top 92.8% | 17,845 / 18,907 |
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
- 8 Feb 2025First competition: Berkeley Winter 2025. A 29.10 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Davis Big Summer 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
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.
- Brandon Yee — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ari Petruzzelli — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead once
- Bowen Deng (邓博文) — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.65 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as she improves.