People · United States
Lorence Tsai
3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 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 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 765th in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2024, he has put 205 official solves on the record across six 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 12.41 in June 2024 to 6.93, a 44% improvement. Lorence 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 | 6.93 | 9.15 | top 1.3% | 765 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.16 | 4.29 | top 5.9% | 2,357 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 42.85 | 46.65 | top 15.6% | 2,354 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:13.76 | 1:19.78 | top 17.9% | 1,212 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.24 | 21.40 | top 18.5% | 2,380 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:41.37 | 1:55.11 | top 36.4% | 2,896 / 9,401 |
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
- 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 33 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Paul Mahvi — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sebastian Stone — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.