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People · Hong Kong, China

Cham Tin Lam (湛天藍)

3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023LAMC02

Cham Tin Lam (湛天藍) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.89, set at HKRCU 20th Anniversary 2025, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 71st in Hong Kong, China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2023, he has put 76 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.94 in March 2023 to 7.89, a 21% improvement. Cham has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time
7.89
signature single · HKRCU 20th Anniversary 2025
76
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHong Kong, China
3×37.899.70
top 2.6%71 / 1,347
2×21.723.78
top 3.2%43 / 855
4×456.15
early days — 2 solves206 / 423

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

Hong Kong Cube Day 2023: 9.94Hong Kong Championship 2024: 10.34Hong Kong Cube Day 2025: 9.46HKRCU 20th Anniversary 2025: 7.89Hong Kong Championship 2025: 9.15Odd Day in Hong Kong 2026: 8.877.8910.344 Mar 202326 Apr 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.89 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.