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Lawrence Zhao

2×2 · top 1.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022ZHAO08

Lawrence Zhao has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.31, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 586th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since September 2022, he has put 642 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.71 in September 2022 to 7.41, a 53% improvement. Lawrence has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.4% of 189,179 all-time
1.31
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024
642
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.312.81
top 1.4%586 / 41,674
3×37.4110.41
top 1.9%1,142 / 60,666
Skewb2.855.63
top 4.3%672 / 19,164
Pyraminx3.788.20
top 6.6%1,727 / 29,168
3×3 one-handed15.2820.78
top 8.8%1,187 / 15,900
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves38.33
top 9.9%231 / 2,059
4×442.6047.31
top 15.3%2,337 / 19,354
5×51:34.881:47.84
top 31.4%2,509 / 9,537
Square-121.9835.67
top 32.6%2,130 / 6,846
3×3 blindfolded2:35.033:12.65
top 45.0%982 / 2,128
Megaminx2:00.882:22.28
top 46.3%3,485 / 8,026
Clock17.65—
top 57.7%4,941 / 9,172
6×64:08.61—
early days — 3 solves2,714 / 4,262
7×76:46.927:02.60
top 77.9%2,476 / 3,236

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

Berkeley Fall 2022: 15.71Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022: 13.81Berkeley Winter B 2023: 12.18Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023: 11.56Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023: 11.59CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 10.86Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023: 9.78Berkeley Summer 2023: 7.41Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023: 9.29Berkeley Fall 2023: 7.87Berkeley Winter 2024: 9.38Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024: 8.85Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024: 9.04Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024: 9.75Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024: 9.09Bay Area Speedcubin' 65 - Berkeley 2024: 10.06Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.28Berkeley Fall 2025: 8.73Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026: 8.56Berkeley Fall 2026: 8.217.4115.7110 Sep 202211 Oct 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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.