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Lachlan Liao

2×2 · top 29.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2021 · 2021LIAO04

Lachlan Liao has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.20, set at Perth Time Trial 2023, puts him in the top 29.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,261st in Australia. Across 5 competitions since September 2021, he has put 48 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 16.04 in September 2021 to 4.20, a 74% improvement. Lachlan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 29.1% of 186,767 all-time
4.20
signature single · Perth Time Trial 2023
48
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×24.207.54
top 29.1%2,261 / 8,567
3×326.0933.84
top 54.9%5,850 / 11,709

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

Rockingham Rapid 2021: 16.04Fremantle Fast Fingers 2021: 10.58Australian Nationals 2022: 4.52Perth Autumn 2023: 5.45Perth Time Trial 2023: 4.204.2016.0412 Sep 20211 Jul 2023

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 1.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.