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Thomas Lao

2×2 · top 15.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023LAOT01

Thomas Lao has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.09, set at Open de Lumes 2026, puts him in the top 15.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 528th in France. Across 10 competitions since June 2023, he has put 256 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.79 in June 2023 to 16.55, a 62% improvement. Thomas has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 15.3% of 186,767 all-time
3.09
signature single · Open de Lumes 2026
256
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
2×23.094.31
top 15.3%528 / 3,074
Pyraminx6.3610.80
top 22.7%560 / 2,148
Skewb6.439.99
top 29.1%422 / 1,291
3×316.5519.86
top 29.6%1,363 / 4,746
4×41:11.231:28.87
top 48.1%844 / 1,817
Megaminx2:06.87
top 49.5%354 / 867
Square-143.791:14.76
top 69.7%373 / 540
3×3 one-handed43.6549.80
top 70.1%980 / 1,490
5×52:55.123:41.26
top 76.4%736 / 1,024
6×65:41.67
early days — 1 solve378 / 437

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

Open de Lumes 2023: 43.79Sézanne Open 2023: 45.88Champagne Open 2023: 54.32Hayange Open 2024: 28.02French Championship 2024: 25.54Nilvange Open 2025: 21.37Stenay Que le Début 2026: 23.20Hayange Open 2026: 16.55Audun-le-Tiche Open 2026: 17.46Open de Lumes 2026: 16.7216.5554.3224 Jun 202315 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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.