People · Australia
Lachlan Paton
2×2 · top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023PATO03
Lachlan Paton has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.43, set at Speedy South Perth 2023, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 162nd in Australia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2023, he has put 79 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 7% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.10 in July 2023 to 1.43, a 54% improvement. Lachlan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.43 | 4.01 | top 1.9% | 162 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.50 | 7.44 | top 5.5% | 245 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 | 13.06 | 15.05 | top 17.6% | 1,570 / 11,709 | |
| Skewb | 5.35 | 7.08 | top 20.9% | 542 / 3,534 | |
| 4×4 | 1:34.29 | 1:53.55 | top 66.7% | 1,916 / 3,051 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 May 2023First competition: Mandurah Mayhem 2023.
Competitions
- Perth Puzzle Party 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Speedy South Perth 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Perth Time Trial 2023 · 1 Jul 2023
- Mandurah Mayhem 2023 · 20 May 2023
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.
- Aaron Espiritu — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- Amy Smith — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jay Calter — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.