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Zack Laidlaw
Pyraminx · top 14.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023LAID01
Zack Laidlaw has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.16, set at Edinburgh Spring 2023, puts him in the top 14.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 541st in the United Kingdom. Across 6 competitions since January 2023, he has put 190 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.63 in January 2023 to 18.80, a 17% improvement. Zack 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 Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 5.16 | 10.70 | top 14.2% | 541 / 3,656 | |
| Skewb | 4.52 | 6.03 | top 14.6% | 341 / 2,421 | |
| 2×2 | 3.81 | 6.16 | top 24.1% | 1,337 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 18.80 | 21.84 | top 36.5% | 2,469 / 6,689 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 39.38 | 48.32 | top 64.4% | 1,100 / 1,851 | |
| 4×4 | 1:46.16 | 1:53.71 | top 74.5% | 1,676 / 2,071 | |
| Clock | 25.75 | 26.47 | top 78.1% | 972 / 1,232 |
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
- 27 Jan 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.80 at Edinburgh Winter 2024.
- 4 Mar 2023Five personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Spring 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023First competition: Belfast Winter 2023. A 24.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Glasgow Autumn Open 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Summer Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
- Edinburgh Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Spring 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Belfast Winter 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 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.
- Eleanor Sinnott — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ruben McEwan — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Max Kwok U Sam (郭愉琛) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.