People · United States
Silas Lao
3×3 · top 12.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025LAOS01
Silas Lao has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.70, set at Mountain House Open 2026, puts him in the top 12.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,885th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2025, he has put 35 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.79 in November 2025 to 11.70, a 38% improvement. Silas has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 11.70 | 13.63 | top 12.8% | 6,885 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.94 | 5.26 | top 13.6% | 5,331 / 40,951 |
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
- 1 Mar 2026First sub-15 3×3: 12.73 at Berkeley Favorites 2026.
- 22 Nov 2025First competition: Dublin California Open 2025. A 22.49 3×3 single to start from.
- 22 Nov 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.79 at Dublin California Open 2025.
Competitions
- Mountain House Open 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Favorites 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Dublin California Open 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 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 his.
- Sid Shivnath — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Yuto Konno — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead once
- Mitchell Lane — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.70 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.