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Lazo Jalal

3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016JALA02

Lazo Jalal has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.26, set at Sydney Re-Open Saturday 2021, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 318th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since August 2016, he has put 621 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.53 in August 2016 to 8.26, a 55% improvement. Lazo has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time
8.26
signature single · Sydney Re-Open Saturday 2021
621
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×38.2610.26
top 3.3%318 / 11,709
2×21.933.40
top 4.3%333 / 8,567
4×438.9942.50
top 11.0%285 / 3,051
Pyraminx5.208.50
top 14.4%689 / 5,993
3×3 one-handed17.9423.03
top 14.9%335 / 2,659
Skewb4.737.82
top 16.2%417 / 3,534
5×51:17.751:25.70
top 17.4%229 / 1,356
Megaminx1:47.13—
top 38.8%484 / 1,277
3×3 blindfolded2:26.10—
top 42.0%180 / 394
6×63:19.953:57.85
top 50.5%310 / 641
Square-133.09—
top 55.3%542 / 899
Clock22.7730.56
top 72.0%783 / 1,095

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

Australian Nationals 2016: 18.53Sydney Championship 2016: 17.10Australian Nationals 2017: 13.60Sydney Championship 2017: 12.48Canberra Autumn 2018: 11.84Warm Up Sydney 2018: 9.85Australian Nationals 2018: 10.97Koalafication Sydney 2019: 10.33WCA World Championship 2019: 10.49Harold Park Classic 2019: 8.96Sydney Open 2019: 10.81Sydney Re-Open Saturday 2021: 8.26Marrickville Autumn Saturday 2021: 8.27NSW Open 2022: 8.83NSW Central West Winter 2022: 8.60Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 9.018.2618.5320 Aug 201615 Dec 2022

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.

  • Matthew Cook — met in 115 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Bryan Eng — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Luc Harvey — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 41 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.