People · United Kingdom
Leo Laifer
2×2 · top 6.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023LAIF01
Leo Laifer has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.18, set at Stevenage June 2024, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 434th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since January 2023, he has put 284 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.04 in January 2023 to 2.18, a 46% improvement. Leo has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.18 | 3.78 | top 6.0% | 434 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 11.23 | 13.18 | top 11.2% | 803 / 6,689 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.87 | 11.85 | top 26.8% | 1,058 / 3,656 | |
| Skewb | 6.35 | 14.72 | top 28.5% | 665 / 2,421 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.49 | 1:14.86 | top 38.1% | 829 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.15 | 38.82 | top 51.5% | 908 / 1,851 | |
| 5×5 | 2:17.62 | 2:43.99 | top 59.7% | 729 / 1,151 | |
| Square-1 | 51.11 | — | early days — 1 solve | 624 / 778 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage June 2024.
- 13 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage January 2024.
- 20 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's UK Championship 2023.
- 16 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage September 2023.
- 24 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage June 2023.
- 20 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.20 at Stevenage May 2023.
Competitions
- Stevenage October 2024 · 5 Oct 2024
- Stevenage June 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage May 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage January 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage September 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage June 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage May 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Stevenage January 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Noah Calderon-Kamata — met in 68 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alexandru Boca — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Murad Asgarov — met in 63 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.