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Chase Lam
Pyraminx · top 11.5% of 130,891 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015LAMC02
Chase Lam has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.71, set at Algorithms in Archbold 2026, puts him in the top 11.5% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,037th in the United States. Across 17 competitions since June 2015, he has put 273 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.49 in June 2015 to 13.18, a 70% improvement. Chase 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.71 | 8.20 | top 11.5% | 3,037 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 13.18 | 16.79 | top 18.1% | 9,840 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 4.05 | 6.10 | top 27.2% | 10,903 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 6.32 | 13.16 | top 28.4% | 4,695 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.75 | 1:16.84 | top 45.7% | 7,707 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.26 | 44.17 | top 57.8% | 8,170 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 19.54 | 23.92 | top 63.3% | 5,534 / 9,172 |
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
- 25 Feb 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.72 at Indiana Finally Returns 2023.
- 21 Apr 2018First sub-20 3×3: 18.97 at Nipomo Spring 2018.
- 19 Aug 2017First sub-30 3×3: 22.22 at Nisei Week 2017.
- 27 Jun 2015First competition: SoCal Supercomp 2015. A 44.49 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bowling Green Fall 2026 · 3 Oct 2026
- Algorithms in Archbold 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Washtenaw Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025
- Fort Wayne Favorites 2023 · 3 Sep 2023
- Rialto Cubing Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pride in Long Beach 2023 · 11 Jun 2023
- Indiana Finally Returns 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- San Diego's Final Cube-Down 2022 · 31 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Mudd Winter 2020 · 22 Feb 2020
- San Diego Summer 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- A Bruin Cube Day 2018 · 19 May 2018
- Nipomo Spring 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- St. Francis II: GYM 2016 · 24 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Nisei Week 2015 · 15 Aug 2015
- SoCal Supercomp 2015 · 27 Jun 2015
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.
- Elijah Brown — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Michael Young — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luke Garrett — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.