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Kyle Lam

3×3 · top 11.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016LAMK01

Kyle Lam has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.39, set at Oregon 2016, puts him in the top 11.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,324th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since April 2016, he has put 118 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.57 in April 2016 to 11.39, a 27% improvement. Kyle has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.8% of 284,439 all-time
11.39
signature single · Oregon 2016
118
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.3912.62
top 11.8%6,324 / 59,724
2×23.336.07
top 18.1%7,108 / 40,951
Skewb5.247.45
top 20.1%3,189 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed24.1126.97
top 31.8%4,127 / 15,683
4×458.101:03.16
top 34.4%5,532 / 19,072
5×51:50.332:01.04
top 42.8%3,494 / 9,401
Pyraminx10.5612.36
top 57.3%16,789 / 28,708

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

Puget Sound Spring 2016: 15.57Rose City 2016: 14.01Oregon 2016: 11.39Puget Sound Fall 2016: 12.2011.3915.5716 Apr 201615 Oct 2016

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.39 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.