People · United States
Theodore Lai
2×2 · top 26.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025LAIT02
Theodore Lai has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.00, set at Agoura Winter 2026, puts him in the top 26.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,635th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since October 2025, he has put 91 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Theodore has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.00 | 6.52 | top 26.5% | 10,635 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 6.37 | 8.89 | top 28.8% | 4,776 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 14.47 | 16.17 | top 45.7% | 3,780 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 | 23.37 | 28.66 | top 48.9% | 28,880 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.64 | 19.26 | top 64.9% | 19,491 / 29,168 | |
| Megaminx | 3:29.72 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,816 / 8,026 | |
| Square-1 | 1:00.78 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,720 / 6,846 | |
| 4×4 | 2:21.12 | — | early days — 2 solves | 17,287 / 19,354 |
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
- 18 Oct 2025First competition: Poly Cubed at Pomona 2025. A 25.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Temecula Valley Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UCLA Spring 2026 · 15 Feb 2026
- Agoura Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Super Duper San Diego 2026 · 9 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Poly Cubed at Pomona 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
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.
- Emil Lazaryev — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Liv Coverdale — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Elijah Gabriel Ret — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 19,128 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.