People · Canada
Lincoln Lam
3×3 · top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024LAML03
Lincoln Lam has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.11, set at Solved Central Alberta 2025, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 724th in Canada. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since August 2024, he has put 176 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.32 in August 2024 to 10.11, a 58% improvement. Lincoln 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.11 | 13.62 | top 7.8% | 724 / 10,392 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.94 | 30.08 | top 34.0% | 752 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 59.10 | 1:09.13 | top 35.5% | 942 / 3,118 | |
| 2×2 | 4.81 | 5.26 | top 36.9% | 2,549 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.51 | 11.86 | top 49.1% | 2,343 / 4,858 | |
| Skewb | 9.48 | 18.31 | top 51.7% | 1,414 / 2,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:49.59 | 3:17.21 | top 74.4% | 1,015 / 1,499 | |
| Clock | 35.15 | — | early days — 2 solves | 911 / 1,029 |
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
- 3 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.53 at Alberta 10th Anniversary 2025.
- 14 Sep 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.99 at Solved Central Alberta 2024.
- 24 Aug 2024First competition: Cubing Among the Drumheller Dinosaurs 2024. A 24.32 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Solved Central Alberta 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Calgary Summer B 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Out in the Country Crossfield 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Battle of Alberta 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Alberta 10th Anniversary 2025 · 3 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Canadian Prairie Championship 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Airdrie NxNs 2024 · 29 Sep 2024
- Solved Central Alberta 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Among the Drumheller Dinosaurs 2024 · 24 Aug 2024
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.
- Benjamin Ragan — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead once
- Azaro Gorloo — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Danny Buschert — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 4.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.