People · United States
Lam Tran
3×3 · top 2.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018TRAN05
Lam Tran has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.06, set at Cubing on the Octagon 2022, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,694th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2018, he has put 155 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.53 in April 2018 to 8.06, a 70% improvement. Lam has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 8.06 | 9.76 | top 2.9% | 1,694 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.68 | 23.34 | top 17.0% | 2,223 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 48.53 | 49.89 | top 22.9% | 3,515 / 19,354 | |
| 2×2 | 4.90 | 7.09 | top 38.1% | 15,515 / 41,674 |
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
- 31 Dec 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.06 at Cubing on the Octagon 2022.
- 23 Mar 2019First sub-15 3×3: 10.89 at Las Vegas Spring 2019.
- 23 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at Las Vegas Spring 2019.
- 8 Sep 2018First sub-20 3×3: 16.55 at Southern Utah Fall Open 2018.
- 7 Apr 2018First competition: Las Vegas Spring 2018. A 26.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vegas Cubing Fall 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Fall 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Cubing Fall 2023 · 28 Oct 2023
- Cubing on the Octagon 2022 · 31 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Circle City Supercharged 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Las Vegas Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Southern Utah Fall Open 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Las Vegas Spring 2018 · 7 Apr 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.
- Max Park — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Preston Schwartz — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Samuel Martin — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 3.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.