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Lachlan Stephens

2×2 · top 0.057% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018STEP07

Lachlan Stephens has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.63, set at Muchea Cube Day 2025, puts him in the top 0.057% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12th in Australia. Until June 2015, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 88 competitions since April 2018, he has put 3,650 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.12 in April 2018 to 5.38, a 64% improvement. Lachlan has entered 88 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.057% of 186,767 all-time
0.63
signature single · Muchea Cube Day 2025
3,650
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×20.631.66
top 0.057%12 / 8,567
3×35.386.99
top 0.21%30 / 11,709
4×425.0030.78
top 0.7%21 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed10.0513.57
top 1.1%30 / 2,659
Pyraminx2.505.30
top 2.2%105 / 5,993
5×552.911:00.10
top 2.6%36 / 1,356
Square-110.7119.45
top 7.4%75 / 899
Skewb3.795.27
top 9.5%246 / 3,534
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves28.00
top 9.9%44 / 468
Clock7.169.05
top 11.6%138 / 1,095
7×73:12.283:33.16
top 14.0%65 / 523
6×62:07.402:15.80
top 14.2%83 / 641
Megaminx1:14.581:25.68
top 18.4%217 / 1,277
3×3 blindfolded2:05.273:45.28
top 35.2%154 / 394
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 20:11—
early days — 2 solves92 / 180

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

Perth Autumn 2018: 15.12Koalafication Perth 2019: 8.30Warm Up Sydney 2019: 9.83WCA World Championship 2019: 9.09Darwin Open 2019: 8.29Perth Puzzle Party 2020: 7.82Perth Late Night 2020: 8.43Cubing with the Cows 2020: 7.65South Perth Summer 2020: 7.96Showground Showdown 2021: 6.80Craigie Cube-Off 2021: 7.38WA State Championship 2021: 7.63Rockingham Rapid 2021: 7.64Fremantle Fast Fingers 2021: 7.67Puzzling Pinjarra 2021: 7.81Perth 10 Year Anniversary 2021: 7.01Perth Underground Open 2022: 7.77WA Open 2022: 7.17Australian Nationals 2022: 7.95Perth Summer 2023: 7.01Freo Cube-Off 2023: 6.02Perth Autumn 2023: 6.27Quintilian Cube-Off 2023: 7.99Perth Time Trial 2023: 6.30WA Open 2023: 7.13Butler Blitz 2023: 6.77Cubing by Quinns Beach 2023: 7.00Perth Puzzle Party 2024: 6.35Albany Summer Solving 2024: 7.04Murdoch University Open 2024: 7.13South Perth Cube Day 2024: 6.47Freo Cube-Off 2024: 7.02Going Fast in Guildford 2024: 7.22Perth Autumn 2024: 6.80Only 3x3s in Perth 2024: 6.03Pinjarra Pride and Puzzles 2024: 6.99Mundaring Mixup 2024: 6.86Australian Nationals 2024: 7.39Perth Winter 2024: 6.84Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 7.18Perth Puzzle Party 2025: 6.96Albany Summer Solving 2025: 6.48Freo Cube-Off 2025: 6.71Keep Up Karrinyup 2025: 6.93Perth Autumn 2025: 7.04Perth Winter 2025: 7.33Warm Up Seattle 2025: 6.13Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 5.60Mandurah Madness 2025: 6.66WA State Championship 2025: 6.45Australian Nationals 2025: 6.41Perth Time Trial 2025: 6.59Bunbury's South West Speedsolving 2025: 7.15Muchea Cube Day 2025: 6.67Christmas Cubing by Sorrento Beach 2025: 6.81Melbourne Summer 2026: 7.04Perth Summer 2026: 6.95Good Solves in Gibson Park 2026: 6.86Only Cubes in Scarborough 2026: 5.38Freo Cube-Off 2026: 6.60Perth Favourites Evening 2026: 7.43Perth Puzzle Party 2026: 6.37Perth Time Trial 2026: 6.43Australian Nationals 2026: 5.49Perth Winter 2026: 6.08Winding Down in Willetton 2026: 5.955.3815.127 Apr 201815 Aug 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 0.38 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 5.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.