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Ryan Lau

2×2 · top 0.15% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022LAUR07

Ryan Lau has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.73, set at Queenspark O'Clock 2025, puts him in the top 0.15% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12th in New Zealand. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since September 2022, he has put 1,908 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.69 in September 2022 to 6.15, a 63% improvement. Ryan has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.15% of 186,767 all-time
0.73
signature single · Queenspark O'Clock 2025
1,908
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
2×20.731.91
top 0.15%12 / 1,615
3×36.158.27
top 0.58%22 / 2,095
4×426.8530.99
top 1.3%18 / 722
Pyraminx2.133.05
top 1.4%44 / 1,141
3×3 one-handed10.7312.91
top 1.6%18 / 600
5×549.8858.14
top 1.7%13 / 355
Megaminx47.0254.58
top 3.8%22 / 283
6×61:40.861:51.14
top 4.3%12 / 149
Skewb3.054.83
top 5.2%49 / 666
Clock5.736.53
top 6.4%35 / 303
7×72:51.833:01.54
top 8.4%16 / 126
Square-114.5616.66
top 15.4%45 / 251
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves37.67
top 26.7%43 / 111
3×3 blindfolded2:14.89—
top 38.2%52 / 86

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

Opawa Open 2022: 16.69Lyttelton Spring 2022: 14.16Cashmere Open 2023: 11.45NZ South Island Championship 2023: 10.14Lyttelton Spring 2023: 11.15Lyttelton Summer 2024: 8.31Lyttelton Newcomer Rumble 2024: 9.61NZ South Island Championship 2024: 9.68Fast Solves in Fendalton 2024: 9.46Quick Solving at Cobham 2024: 10.27Keep Christchurch Quirky 2024: 8.40Keep Christchurch Complex 2024: 9.02Groundhog Day in Somerfield 2024: 9.92New Zealand Nationals 2024: 8.43Melbourne Summer 2025: 10.40Queenspark O'Clock 2025: 8.23Crazy Cubing in Christchurch 2025: 7.57NZ South Island Championship 2025: 7.50Hurry Up Halswell 2025: 7.93Twisty Te Raekura 2025: 7.48NxNs in November - Ōtautahi 2025: 6.15New Zealand Nationals 2025: 7.96Melbourne Summer 2026: 9.32Riccarton Newcomer Rumble 2026: 7.21NZ South Island Championship 2026: 7.74Christchurch Autumn 2026: 7.46Christchurch Winter 2026: 7.026.1516.6910 Sep 20228 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 1.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.