Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → New Zealand → Lachlan Gibson

People · New Zealand

Lachlan Gibson

Clock · top 0.0031% of 32,048 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022GIBS04

Lachlan Gibson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 1.53, set at Hasty Hastings 2025, puts him in the top 0.0031% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in New Zealand. Until September 2025, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since December 2022, he has put 2,240 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.74 in December 2022 to 5.68, a 74% improvement. Lachlan has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 0.0031% of 32,048 all-time
1.53
signature single · Hasty Hastings 2025
2,240
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 96% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
Clock1.532.14
top 0.0031%1 / 303
2×20.801.50
top 0.23%14 / 1,615
3×35.687.09
top 0.32%14 / 2,095
Pyraminx1.512.37
top 0.43%16 / 1,141
3×3 one-handed9.3811.80
top 0.68%12 / 600
Skewb1.842.85
top 0.99%15 / 666
4×426.6128.86
top 1.2%14 / 722
Megaminx44.0950.32
top 2.8%15 / 283
5×556.0259.36
top 3.7%21 / 355
6×61:51.112:09.92
top 7.6%19 / 149
Square-123.1439.88
top 35.0%103 / 251
7×74:34.794:43.44
top 42.7%66 / 126

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

New Zealand Nationals 2022: 21.74Auckland Autumn 2023: 16.97Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023: 13.49Tauranga Open 2023: 11.62NZ North Island Championship 2023: 10.32A New Year in Auckland 2024: 9.46Te Atatū Newcomers Open 2024: 9.36Beachside Auckland 2024: 9.07Auckland Matariki Open 2024: 9.75Clauckland 2024: 9.14NZ North Island Championship 2024: 8.25South Auckland Side Events 2024: 8.63New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024: 9.15Springing into Auckland 2024: 8.93Hasty Hastings 2024: 7.70Max Speed Milford 2024: 7.86New Zealand Nationals 2024: 7.30A New Year in Auckland 2025: 6.81Sqauckland 2025: 6.98Twisting in Titirangi 2025: 7.16Queenspark O'Clock 2025: 6.05Auckland Autumn 2025: 6.89Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025: 7.98Milford Winter Warm Up 2025: 6.79Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.342x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025: 7.21Beachside Auckland 2025: 7.34Hasty Hastings 2025: 6.35New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025: 6.10Drury Summer 2025: 6.73New Zealand Nationals 2025: 6.31Hurry Up Hutt Valley 2026: 6.49Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026: 6.40Welcome Back Hamilton 2026: 6.60Auckland Winter Open 2026: 5.68GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026: 5.905.6821.749 Dec 202210 Jul 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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.