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Lando Pothula II
Pyraminx · top 5.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022IILA01
Lando Pothula II has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.61, set at Pop Off Princeton 2025, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,521st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since August 2022, he has put 512 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.30 in August 2022 to 13.37, an 18% improvement. Lando has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.61 | 7.03 | top 5.9% | 1,521 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.16 | 4.64 | top 16.1% | 6,312 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 4.77 | 6.64 | top 16.4% | 2,593 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.83 | 25.04 | top 17.3% | 2,241 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 | 13.37 | 15.62 | top 18.7% | 10,065 / 59,724 | |
| Megaminx | 2:00.70 | — | top 46.0% | 3,388 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.48 | — | top 51.1% | 8,628 / 19,072 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 12 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at North Jersey Speedsolving B 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at PBs in Palisades 2024.
- 2 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Summer 2023.
- 27 Jul 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.67 at CubingUSA Nationals 2023.
- 3 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at New York Yopen 2022.
- 20 Aug 2022First competition: St. Joseph's Prep 2022. A 18.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- PBs in Palisades Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Liberty Science Center Open B 2025 · 16 Mar 2025
- PBs in Palisades Open 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pop Off Princeton 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024
- North Jersey Speedsolving B 2024 · 12 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- PBs in Palisades 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in Mount Kisco 2024 · 10 Feb 2024
- Empire State Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Parsippany Mini AM 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
- GCU Winter 2024 · 13 Jan 2024
- Empire State Fall Favorites 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- New York Yopen 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- St. Joseph's Prep 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Carson Widjaja — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Carter Williams — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Rex Ozsvath — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.