People · United States
Ross Lazarow
3×3 · top 7.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017LAZA01
Ross Lazarow has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.05, set at Warm Up in Mount Prospect 2023, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,175th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2017, he has put 258 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.55 in March 2017 to 10.05, a 31% improvement. Ross 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.05 | 10.76 | top 7.6% | 4,175 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 38.81 | 41.72 | top 10.7% | 1,587 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 3.53 | 4.63 | top 20.6% | 8,067 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.25 | 1:30.08 | top 21.8% | 1,690 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.96 | 29.60 | top 36.7% | 4,870 / 15,683 | |
| 6×6 | 2:53.44 | 3:09.09 | top 37.8% | 1,370 / 4,196 | |
| Megaminx | 2:03.47 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,540 / 7,841 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.43 | 12.22 | top 48.4% | 14,030 / 28,708 | |
| 7×7 | 5:09.05 | 5:28.21 | top 53.5% | 1,572 / 3,184 | |
| Skewb | 9.87 | 13.70 | top 54.1% | 9,803 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:13.05 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,187 / 2,092 | |
| Square-1 | 35.03 | 45.07 | top 58.5% | 3,857 / 6,743 |
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
- 20 Jan 2018Four personal bests in one day at SCC Winter 2018.
- 29 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at St. Boois 2017.
- 10 Jun 2017Three personal bests in one day at SCC Summer 2017.
- 18 Mar 2017First competition: Iowa State Spring 2017. A 14.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Machesney Park Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UIUC Big Cubes Spring 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up in Mount Prospect 2023 · 24 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Ville 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Battle for Toledo 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- SCC Winter 2018 · 20 Jan 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- St. Boois 2017 · 29 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- SCC Summer 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Iowa State Spring 2017 · 18 Mar 2017
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.
- Edward Vakula — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- John Mackie — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Kyle Gyawali — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 8.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.