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Clarence Lam

3×3 · top 27.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2015 · 2015LAMC01

Clarence Lam has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.00, set at Slow N Steady Spring 2023, puts him in the top 27.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,213th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since June 2015, he has put 39 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.35 in June 2015 to 16.00, a 56% improvement. Clarence has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 27.8% of 284,439 all-time
16.00
signature single · Slow N Steady Spring 2023
39
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.0017.81
top 27.8%15,213 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed30.4440.12
top 47.6%6,493 / 15,683

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

Slow n Steady Spring 2015: 36.35Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 21.14Slow N Steady Spring 2023: 16.00Slow N Steady Fall 2023: 16.3316.0036.356 Jun 20157 Oct 2023

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 one-handed single — 34,382 people have one; it is 0.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.