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Leyan Lo
3×3 · top 5.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2004 · 2004LOLE01
Leyan Lo has been competing for 23 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.24, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,042nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 53 competitions since January 2004, he has put 1,261 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:05.62 in January 2004 to 9.24, an 86% improvement. Leyan has entered 53 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.24 | 11.74 | top 5.4% | 3,042 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:03.83 | 1:35.74 | top 14.3% | 278 / 2,092 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.27 | 24.79 | top 15.8% | 2,039 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 4.15 | 5.93 | top 28.4% | 11,245 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | — | top 37.3% | 810 / 2,040 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.06 | 1:09.96 | top 41.8% | 6,864 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 2 cubes · 11:44 | — | early days — 1 solve | 497 / 731 | |
| 5×5 | 4:15.33 | 4:30.09 | early days — 3 solves | 8,876 / 9,401 |
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: 9.24 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025.
- 16 Jun 2007Four personal bests in one day at US Open 2007.
- 5 Nov 2005Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's World Championship 2005.
- 17 Sep 2005First sub-15 3×3: 14.46 at Northern California Fall Open 2005.
- 16 Apr 2005Three personal bests in one day at Caltech Spring competition 2005.
- 15 Jan 2005Five personal bests in one day at Caltech Winter competition 2005.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Belmont Spring 2025 · 24 May 2025
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023 · 1 Oct 2023
- Berkeley Fall 2010 · 24 Oct 2010
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010
- Berkeley Summer 2010 · 11 Jul 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring 2010 · 25 Apr 2010
- Reno Lake Tahoe Winter 2010 · 27 Feb 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- EPGY Stanford Winter 2010 · 13 Feb 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter 2010 · 30 Jan 2010
- Stanford Fall competition 2009 · 21 Nov 2009
- US Nationals 2009 · 14 Aug 2009
- Berkeley Summer competition 2009 · 27 Jun 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Discovery Science Center competition 2009 · 16 May 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring competition 2009 · 25 Apr 2009
- Utah Open 2009 · 11 Apr 2009
- EPGY Stanford Winter 2009 · 14 Feb 2009
- San Francisco Open 2009 · 18 Jan 2009
- Caltech Fall 2008 · 22 Nov 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2008 · 15 Nov 2008
- US Nationals and Open 2008 · 19 Jul 2008
- UCSD Summer competition 2008 · 12 Jul 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring competition 2008 · 26 Apr 2008
- Discovery Science Center competition 2008 · 19 Apr 2008
- EPGY California Open 2008 · 16 Feb 2008 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD competition 2008 · 27 Jan 2008
- Berkeley Fall competition 2007 · 17 Nov 2007
- Caltech Fall competition 2007 · 10 Nov 2007
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007 · 5 Oct 2007 — 1 personal best set
- US Open 2007 · 16 Jun 2007 — 4 personal bests set
- San Diego competition 2007 · 26 May 2007 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Discovery Spring competition 2007 · 5 May 2007
- Berkeley Spring competition 2007 · 14 Apr 2007
- Cornell Spring competition 2007 · 31 Mar 2007
- Caltech Winter competition 2007 · 13 Jan 2007
- Caltech Fall competition 2006 · 11 Nov 2006 — 1 personal best set
- US Nationals 2006 · 4 Aug 2006 — 1 personal best set
- San Diego competition 2006 · 27 May 2006 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Spring competition 2006 · 15 Apr 2006 — 1 personal best set
- Chattahoochee Spring competition 2006 · 11 Mar 2006 — 2 personal bests set
- Caltech Winter competition 2006 · 14 Jan 2006 — 2 personal bests set
- Rutgers Fall competition 2005 · 10 Dec 2005 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's World Championship 2005 · 5 Nov 2005 — 3 personal bests set
- Caltech Fall competition 2005 · 22 Oct 2005 — 1 personal best set
- Northern California Fall Open 2005 · 17 Sep 2005 — 2 personal bests set
- Caltech Dallas Summer competition 2005 · 13 Aug 2005 — 2 personal bests set
- Caltech Spring competition 2005 · 16 Apr 2005 — 3 personal bests set
- Caltech Winter competition 2005 · 15 Jan 2005 — 5 personal bests set
- Caltech Fall competition 2004 · 16 Oct 2004 — 3 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2004 · 10 Jul 2004 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Spring competition 2004 · 3 Apr 2004 — 2 personal bests set
- Caltech Winter competition 2004 · 24 Jan 2004
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.
- Dan Dzoan — met in 189 rounds, finished ahead 85 times · head to head
- Shelley Chang — met in 134 rounds, finished ahead 129 times
- Jeremy Fleischman — met in 111 rounds, finished ahead 75 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.24 away.
- A sub-1:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 1,593 people have one; it is 3.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.