People · Germany
Yanis Hadj Lazib
Clock · top 3.9% of 32,048 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022LAZI01
Yanis Hadj Lazib has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 4.79, set at Rhein-Neckar Winter 2024, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18th in Germany. Until June 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since July 2022, he has put 462 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 7 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.54 in July 2022 to 11.82, a 42% improvement. Yanis has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Germany | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 4.79 | 5.22 | top 3.9% | 18 / 634 | |
| 2×2 | 2.47 | 4.27 | top 8.6% | 332 / 2,875 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.24 | 7.15 | top 8.9% | 215 / 1,987 | |
| 3×3 | 11.82 | 13.58 | top 13.3% | 657 / 4,109 | |
| Skewb | 4.51 | 6.37 | top 14.5% | 199 / 1,169 | |
| Square-1 | 17.10 | 23.78 | top 21.2% | 103 / 533 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.04 | 36.61 | top 51.3% | 660 / 1,314 | |
| Megaminx | 2:14.65 | — | early days — 2 solves | 395 / 787 | |
| 4×4 | 1:29.75 | 1:55.40 | top 63.4% | 1,207 / 1,934 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 51 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 291 / 338 |
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
- 13 Apr 2024Six personal bests in one day at Cubing in HD 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at Rhein-Neckar Beginners 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024Five personal bests in one day at Rhein-Neckar Physical Breakdown 2024.
- 18 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Rhein-Neckar Autumn 2023.
- 20 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.54 at Hessen Mini Open 2023.
- 8 Oct 2022First sub-20 3×3: 16.31 at V-Cube Spiel B 2022.
Competitions
- Rhein-Neckar Complete Breakdown 2025 · 9 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rhein-Neckar Physical 2025 · 3 Aug 2025
- Hessen Mini Open 2025 · 2 May 2025
- Rhein-Neckar Winter 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Luxembourg Nationals 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Darmstadt Dodecahedron Days 2024 · 20 Jul 2024
- Rhein-Neckar Physical Breakdown June 2024 · 15 Jun 2024
- Hessen Mini Open 2024 · 10 May 2024
- Cubing in HD 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Beginners 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Physical Breakdown 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Autumn 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Rhein-Neckar Side Events 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Hessen Mini Open 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rhein-Neckar Open 2023 · 4 Mar 2023
- V-Cube Spiel B 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Rhein-Neckar Open 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Alexander Botz — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Linh Son Luu — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Martin Reinisch — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.