People · Lithuania
Lauris Šimkus
3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025SIMK01
Lauris Šimkus has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.12, set at Jonava Ralys Open 2025, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23rd in Lithuania. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since October 2025, he has put 57 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.67 in October 2025 to 9.12, a 28% improvement. Lauris has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Lithuania | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.12 | 12.65 | top 5.1% | 23 / 324 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.70 | 1:23.33 | top 39.4% | 57 / 152 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.43 | 38.35 | top 40.4% | 46 / 116 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.49 | 13.70 | top 48.9% | 97 / 178 | |
| 5×5 | 3:04.00 | — | top 79.3% | 68 / 97 |
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
- 13 Dec 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.12 at Jonava Ralys Open 2025.
- 25 Oct 2025First competition: Kaunas KTU Open 2025. A 14.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Zarasai 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Jonava Ralys Open 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kaunas KTU Open 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 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.
- Nojus Radionovas — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Kristiāns Pietkuns — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Roberts Dreijers — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
- A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 2.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.