People · United States
Lorence Tsai
3×3 · top 1.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024TSAI05
Lorence Tsai has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.93, set at Berkeley Spring 2026, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 788th in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since June 2024, he has put 230 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.41 in June 2024 to 6.93, a 44% improvement. Lorence has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 6.93 | 9.15 | top 1.3% | 788 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.16 | 4.29 | top 5.9% | 2,407 / 41,674 | |
| Megaminx | 1:03.09 | 1:10.11 | top 11.6% | 804 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 41.07 | 46.65 | top 13.4% | 2,029 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.24 | 21.40 | top 18.5% | 2,421 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:41.37 | 1:55.11 | top 36.5% | 2,940 / 9,537 |
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
- 19 Jan 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.51 at SacCubing XIX 2025.
- 19 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at SacCubing XIX 2025.
- 22 Jun 2024First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024. A 13.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SacCubing XXIV 2026 · 20 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Berkeley Spring 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Favorites 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cool Down Berkeley 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XXI 2025 · 28 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Reno Summer 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing XIX 2025 · 19 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Sabir Dhillon — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Sebastian Stone — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jason Ostdiek — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.