People · Australia
Madeline Lawson
2×2 · top 5.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023LAWS02
Madeline Lawson has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.15, set at Melbourne Cube Days 2024, puts her in the top 5.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 422nd in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2023, she has put 270 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 15.88 in March 2023 to 9.95, a 37% improvement. Madeline has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.15 | 3.11 | top 5.8% | 422 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.79 | 4.66 | top 6.7% | 290 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 | 9.95 | 12.16 | top 7.3% | 684 / 11,709 | |
| Skewb | 4.16 | 9.87 | top 12.0% | 307 / 3,534 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.99 | 1:11.97 | top 38.6% | 1,026 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.69 | 33.90 | top 41.1% | 954 / 2,659 | |
| Square-1 | 28.01 | 32.04 | top 45.6% | 442 / 899 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | 47.00 | top 51.8% | 229 / 468 | |
| Megaminx | 2:12.48 | — | top 52.4% | 643 / 1,277 | |
| 5×5 | 2:12.20 | — | top 56.7% | 780 / 1,356 | |
| Clock | 23.40 | — | early days — 3 solves | 796 / 1,095 | |
| 6×6 | 6:08.44 | — | early days — 1 solve | 591 / 641 |
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
- 24 Jan 2025Five personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2025.
- 30 Nov 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.95 at Melbourne Cube Days 2024.
- 30 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Cube Days 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Cubing at The Game Expo 2024.
- 19 Jan 2024Six personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2024.
- 1 Jul 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.06 at Victorian Open 2023.
Competitions
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing at The Game Expo 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best 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 her.
- Roman Rudakov — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Myles Jarman — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Alex Butera — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as she improves.