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Lachlan Williams

2×2 · top 7.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021WILL03

Lachlan Williams has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.39, set at Australian Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 585th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since January 2021, he has put 36 official solves on the record across four events. Lachlan has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 7.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.39
signature single · Australian Nationals 2026
36
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.394.29
top 7.9%585 / 8,567
3×311.9513.50
top 13.7%1,210 / 11,709
4×450.821:02.72
top 25.7%653 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed42.34
early days — 2 solves1,627 / 2,659

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

Melbourne Summer 2021: 11.95Australian Nationals 2026: 12.7211.9512.7223 Jan 20219 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.

  • Emmet Hobbs — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
  • Ziqi Ding — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Ben Wakelin — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 4 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.