People · United States
Dawson Lam
3×3 · top 8.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2018 · 2018LAMD02
Dawson Lam has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.44, set at UCSD Winter 2019, puts him in the top 8.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,815th in the United States. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since February 2018, he has put 326 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.29 in February 2018 to 10.44, a 36% improvement. Dawson has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.44 | 12.36 | top 8.8% | 4,815 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.73 | 24.93 | top 19.8% | 2,548 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 47.85 | 53.32 | top 21.9% | 3,327 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 3.65 | 5.06 | top 22.1% | 8,654 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:45.61 | 1:55.99 | top 39.6% | 3,192 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 9.86 | 13.16 | top 54.1% | 9,789 / 18,907 |
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
- 7 Apr 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.97 at Las Vegas Spring 2018.
- 7 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Las Vegas Spring 2018.
- 17 Feb 2018First competition: Irvine Winter 2018. A 16.29 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- WCC Western Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022
- Diamond Bar September 2022 · 17 Sep 2022
- Circle City Summer 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Mudd Fall 2019 · 5 Oct 2019
- San Diego Summer 2019 · 31 Aug 2019
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
- Thousand Oaks Cubing Open 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Winter 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Mudd Winter 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Another Bruin Cube Day 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Poly Cubed 2018 · 20 Oct 2018
- Anaheim Fall 2018 · 15 Sep 2018
- Nisei Week 2018 · 18 Aug 2018
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2018 · 15 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- A Bruin Cube Day 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Thanks for the InFive 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Nipomo Spring 2018 · 21 Apr 2018
- Las Vegas Spring 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Irvine Winter 2018 · 17 Feb 2018
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.
- Derek Hsieh — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Andrew Nathenson — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Michael Young — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 4.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.