People · Canada
Lorand Palfy
2×2 · top 21.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022PALF01
Lorand Palfy has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.59, set at Arnhem Open 2025, puts him in the top 21.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,426th in Canada. Across 9 competitions since June 2022, he has put 196 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.14 in June 2022 to 16.64, a 34% improvement. Lorand 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.59 | 5.22 | top 21.3% | 1,426 / 7,173 | |
| Skewb | 5.43 | 11.94 | top 21.4% | 495 / 2,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.79 | 12.19 | top 26.1% | 1,116 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 | 16.64 | 18.12 | top 29.8% | 2,909 / 10,392 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.22 | 1:25.88 | top 56.9% | 1,590 / 3,118 | |
| Clock | 33.19 | — | early days — 2 solves | 891 / 1,029 |
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
- 17 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at NCR Favourites 2023.
- 4 Aug 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.27 at German Nationals 2023.
- 4 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at German Nationals 2023.
- 24 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Open de Lumes 2023.
- 9 Jul 2022Four personal bests in one day at Warm Up Stockholm 2022.
- 18 Jun 2022First competition: Luxembourg Open 2022. A 25.14 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Arnhem Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa Favourites 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa Spring 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- NCR Favourites 2023 · 17 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- German Nationals 2023 · 4 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Open de Lumes 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Warm Up Stockholm 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Luxembourg Open 2022 · 18 Jun 2022
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.
- Imanuel Müller — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Antoine Isselin — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Achim Spies — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.