People · Canada
Kyle Tam
3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019TAMK01
Kyle Tam has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.38, set at Canada's Best in the West 2024, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 344th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since June 2019, he has put 322 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.32 in June 2019 to 8.38, a 45% improvement. Kyle has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 8.38 | 9.72 | top 3.5% | 344 / 10,392 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.72 | 25.15 | top 7.5% | 158 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 44.57 | 49.10 | top 17.8% | 449 / 3,118 | |
| 2×2 | 3.47 | 4.96 | top 19.8% | 1,326 / 7,173 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.57 | 1:30.23 | top 22.9% | 269 / 1,499 | |
| Megaminx | 1:23.03 | 1:36.15 | top 23.7% | 213 / 1,375 | |
| 6×6 | 3:44.11 | 4:45.49 | top 60.2% | 340 / 665 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:40.21 | — | early days — 3 solves | 224 / 351 | |
| 7×7 | 6:26.84 | — | early days — 1 solve | 339 / 503 |
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
- 5 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Richmond Summer Open 2023.
- 13 Jul 2023Five personal bests in one day at Canadian Championship 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 10.78 at Richmond Favourites 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.90 at Richmond Favourites 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at Richmond Favourites 2023.
- 29 Jun 2019First competition: Downtown Vancouver Summer 2019. A 15.32 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vancouver Newcomers Morning 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
- Burnaby Basics 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
- Canada's Best in the West 2024 · 5 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Fall Fest 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Around Metrotown 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Richmond Summer Open 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Canadian Championship 2023 · 13 Jul 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- BC Spring Solving B 2023 · 22 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Take Your Time Richmond 2023 · 14 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing on Par B 2023 · 23 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Richmond Favourites 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- UBC Odd Weekend 2022 · 11 Nov 2022
- Downtown Vancouver Winter 2020 · 8 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- UBC Open 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Downtown Vancouver Summer 2019 · 29 Jun 2019
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 61 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Kevin Matthews — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Vianne Chang — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.