People · United States
Lorelei Smith
3×3 one-handed · top 3.4% of 74,621 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018SMIT39
Lorelei Smith has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 12.26, set at Warm Up Carolina Pride 2026, puts her in the top 3.4% of the 74,621 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 520th in the United States. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since October 2018, she has put 293 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 14.41 in October 2018 to 9.19, a 36% improvement. Lorelei has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 one-handed | 12.26 | 16.66 | top 3.4% | 520 / 15,900 | |
| 3×3 | 9.19 | 11.40 | top 5.4% | 3,050 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.17 | 4.76 | top 16.3% | 6,492 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 9.11 | 11.93 | top 20.4% | 1,604 / 9,172 | |
| 4×4 | 46.66 | 1:02.28 | top 20.5% | 3,144 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.70 | 10.83 | top 33.8% | 9,660 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 7.22 | 8.61 | top 35.5% | 6,088 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 2:05.64 | 2:18.97 | top 52.9% | 4,529 / 9,537 |
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
- 2 Jul 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.19 at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026.
- 27 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Warm Up Carolina Pride 2026.
- 24 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at North Carolina Championship 2025.
- 13 Oct 2018First competition: Tar Heel Tango 2018. A 14.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up Carolina Pride 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NxN Nonsense NC 2026 · 22 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- NCSU Wolfpack 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Concord Summer 2025 · 7 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Championship 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- North Carolina Championship 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Concord Summer 2023 · 25 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Tar Heel Tango 2018 · 13 Oct 2018
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 her.
- Orion Leavitt-Lytle — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Rue Clippinger — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Kavin Rajendran — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
Targets move as she improves.