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Lachlan Cooke

3×3 · top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2021 · 2021COOK03

Lachlan Cooke has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.04, set at Midlands Mix-up 2024, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 150th in Australia. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 43 competitions since March 2021, he has put 1,232 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.20 in March 2021 to 7.04, a 37% improvement. Lachlan has entered 43 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.4% of 284,439 all-time
7.04
signature single · Midlands Mix-up 2024
1,232
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 50% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×37.049.77
top 1.4%150 / 11,709
2×22.253.38
top 6.6%503 / 8,567
Pyraminx4.167.11
top 8.5%391 / 5,993
4×437.3344.22
top 9.0%235 / 3,051
Clock9.4512.24
top 22.3%253 / 1,095
Megaminx1:25.341:37.79
top 25.2%315 / 1,277
3×3 one-handed22.0529.61
top 26.2%581 / 2,659
5×51:29.601:39.78
top 27.0%367 / 1,356
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves43.33
top 33.6%156 / 468
3×3 blindfolded2:05.80—
top 35.4%155 / 394
6×62:55.683:35.16
top 38.9%244 / 641
Skewb9.1816.87
top 49.6%1,583 / 3,534
7×75:27.87—
top 59.1%285 / 523
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 14:48—
early days — 1 solve121 / 180
Square-146.42—
early days — 2 solves687 / 899

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

Sydney Re-Open Sunday 2021: 11.20Newcastle Autumn 2021: 10.30Tramsheds Series Sunday 2022: 9.96Wonderful Williamstown 2022: 11.69Australian Nationals 2022: 10.41Maitland Spring 2022: 9.48South Coast Spring 2022: 10.26Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 11.31Orange Zest 2023: 9.69Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023: 10.64North Sydney Cube Day 2023: 10.19Chilling in Canberra 2023: 10.27Maitland Winter 2023: 10.39Warm Up Sydney Saturday 2023: 9.46Newcastle Open 2023: 7.88Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 11.07Cubing at Tramsheds Saturday 2023: 9.41Simple Sydney Sunday 2023: 9.64Australian Nationals 2023: 9.15Sydney Summer 2023: 9.95Cubing at The Cube 2024: 8.42Tassie Summer 2024: 9.41Melbourne Summer 2024: 8.05G'day Maitland 2024: 8.67Going Back to the Gong 2024: 9.16Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024: 9.46Kogarah Cube Day Sunday 2024: 8.70Goulburn Open 2024: 9.07Kiama Winter 2024: 9.23Chilling in Canberra Sunday 2024: 8.79Australian Nationals 2024: 9.49Midlands Mix-up 2024: 7.04Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 9.13En Lille Søndag i Ishøj 2024: 7.21Singapore Kempinski Open 2025: 9.32Northern Territory Championship 2025: 8.98USM Penang Cube 2026: 8.767.0411.6928 Mar 202111 Apr 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.