People · United Kingdom
Malachi Lacey
2×2 · top 5.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018LACE03
Malachi Lacey has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.10, set at Irish Championship 2019, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 397th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2018, he has put 237 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.06 in April 2018 to 12.27, a 63% improvement. Malachi has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 2.10 | 3.79 | top 5.4% | 397 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.63 | 6.14 | top 11.0% | 437 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 | 12.27 | 14.86 | top 14.8% | 1,027 / 6,689 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.51 | 23.11 | top 21.9% | 412 / 1,851 | |
| Skewb | 6.31 | 10.89 | top 28.2% | 657 / 2,421 | |
| 4×4 | 1:31.21 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,415 / 2,071 |
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
- 22 Jun 2019Five personal bests in one day at Irish Championship 2019.
- 13 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.91 at Cork Open 2019.
- 13 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Cork Open 2019.
- 16 Feb 2019Four personal bests in one day at Manchester Open 2019.
- 26 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at UK Championship 2018.
- 22 Sep 2018First sub-30 3×3: 18.47 at Stratford-upon-Avon Open 2018.
Competitions
- UK Championship 2019 · 25 Oct 2019
- Irish Championship 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- London Open 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Cork Open 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Manchester Open 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2018 · 26 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Stratford-upon-Avon Open 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- High Wycombe Open 2018 · 14 Apr 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 his.
- Callum Hales-Jepp — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead once
- Charlie Stark — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Billie Hammill — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.