People · Netherlands
Lance Smale
3×3 · top 64.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023SMAL06
Lance Smale has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 31.13, set at Dutch Winter North 2024, puts him in the top 64.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,603rd in the Netherlands. Across 6 competitions since December 2023, he has put 29 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.45 in December 2023 to 31.13, a 25% improvement. Lance has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 31.13 | 37.98 | top 64.5% | 1,603 / 2,294 |
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
- 16 Dec 2023First competition: Take Your Time Ermelo 2023. A 41.45 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Lente in Lent 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Leersum Squared 2025 · 8 Feb 2025
- Christmas Cubing Breda 2024 · 22 Dec 2024
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024
- Dutch Winter North 2024 · 14 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Take Your Time Ermelo 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
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.
- Hans Bennis — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ron van Bruchem — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nizar El-Khatib (Нізар Ель-Хатіб) — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 1.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.