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Arik Lam
3×3 · top 14.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023LAMA03
Arik Lam has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.23, set at SacCubing XXIII 2026, puts him in the top 14.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,854th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since May 2023, he has put 32 official solves on the record across four events. Arik has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.23 | 13.25 | top 14.7% | 7,854 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.37 | 12.50 | top 39.4% | 11,262 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 5.69 | 5.99 | top 47.5% | 19,232 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 2:20.27 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,255 / 9,401 |
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
- 20 May 2023First competition: SacCubing XIV 2023. A 16.16 3×3 single to start from.
- 20 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.58 at SacCubing XIV 2023.
Competitions
- SacCubing XXIII 2026 · 17 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XIV 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 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.
- Buddy Johnson — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Sabir Dhillon — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Dan Pastushkov — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.