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Randy Lam

3×3 · top 59.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2008 · 2008LAMR01

Randy Lam has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 28.44, set at Utah Spring 2011, puts him in the top 59.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 35,483rd in the United States. Across 6 competitions since May 2008, he has put 79 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.97 in May 2008 to 28.44, a 37% improvement. Randy has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 59.7% of 284,439 all-time
28.44
signature single · Utah Spring 2011
79
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×328.4438.50
top 59.7%35,483 / 59,724
2×28.0511.70
top 68.1%28,133 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed1:11.521:41.69
top 89.7%13,687 / 15,683
4×43:24.81
early days — 1 solve18,813 / 19,072

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

Utah Open 2008: 44.97Utah Open 2009: 36.22Utah Cubing Fall Open 2009: 39.50Utah Summer 2010: 32.00Utah Spring 2011: 28.44Utah Pi Open 2015: 35.1828.4444.9717 May 200814 Mar 2015

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Michael Young — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Neil Xia — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Edward Liu — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 3.44 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.