People · Canada
Chin Lam
3×3 · top 5.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2011 · 2011CHIN02
Chin Lam has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.39, set at Vancouver Select 2018, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 560th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 44 competitions since December 2011, he has put 983 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.81 in December 2011 to 9.39, a 64% improvement. Chin has entered 44 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.39 | 12.43 | top 5.8% | 560 / 10,392 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.75 | 18.55 | top 7.6% | 160 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 45.68 | 52.70 | top 19.2% | 491 / 3,118 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.11 | 1:36.15 | top 20.8% | 244 / 1,499 | |
| 2×2 | 3.75 | 6.24 | top 23.3% | 1,557 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.40 | 13.14 | top 31.1% | 1,380 / 4,858 | |
| Megaminx | 1:47.51 | 2:03.24 | top 39.0% | 412 / 1,375 | |
| 6×6 | 3:09.82 | 3:46.57 | top 45.6% | 238 / 665 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | — | top 59.0% | 170 / 283 | |
| 7×7 | 6:00.04 | 6:31.61 | top 67.7% | 302 / 503 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:04.19 | — | early days — 3 solves | 302 / 351 | |
| Skewb | 46.16 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,904 / 2,907 |
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
- 23 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at Downtown Vancouver Spring 2019.
- 30 Sep 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.39 at Vancouver Select 2018.
- 30 Sep 2018Four personal bests in one day at Vancouver Select 2018.
- 2 Dec 2017Four personal bests in one day at Puget Sound Winter 2.0 2017.
- 10 Jun 2017Four personal bests in one day at Vancouver Open Summer 2017.
- 2 May 2015First sub-15 3×3: 13.63 at Vancouver Open Spring 2015.
Competitions
- Nanaimo Back to School 2022 · 17 Sep 2022
- Richmond Open Summer B 2022 · 7 Aug 2022
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 · 7 Jul 2022
- Cloverdale Open 2022 · 18 Jun 2022
- UBC Side Events 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- BC Cubing Springback B 2022 · 23 May 2022
- Richmond Open B 2021 · 12 Dec 2021
- Downtown Vancouver Winter 2020 · 8 Feb 2020
- Washington Championship 2020 · 24 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- UBC Open 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Americas 2019 · 17 Nov 2019
- SnoCo Fall 2019 · 16 Nov 2019
- South Surrey Side Events 2019 · 2 Nov 2019
- Chilliwack Cubes Fall 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019 · 23 Aug 2019
- Canadian Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Downtown Vancouver Summer 2019 · 29 Jun 2019
- FMC 2019 · 15 Jun 2019
- Please Be Solved Vancouver 2019 · 25 May 2019
- Fraser Valley Spring Open 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Downtown Vancouver Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Island 2019 · 2 Mar 2019
- UBC Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019
- Vancouver Select Winter 2018 · 2 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Select 2018 · 30 Sep 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northwest Championship 2018 · 10 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- St. John's Spring Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018
- Fraser Valley Spring Open 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Puget Sound Winter 2.0 2017 · 2 Dec 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Whistler Open 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Open Summer 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Fall 2016 · 15 Oct 2016
- Vancouver Open Winter 2016 · 6 Feb 2016
- Vancouver Open Summer 2015 · 15 Aug 2015
- Vancouver Open Spring 2015 · 2 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- VanCubing Winter 2014 · 13 Dec 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Summer 2014 · 23 Aug 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2014 · 1 Mar 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Open Summer 2013 · 3 Aug 2013
- Vancouver Open Winter 2013 · 2 Feb 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Summer 2012 · 11 Aug 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Winter 2011 · 10 Dec 2011
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.
- Kenny Zhong — met in 178 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Kyle Van Straaten — met in 150 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Dylan Wang — met in 150 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.39 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.