People · United States
Spencer Lam
3×3 · top 4.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022LAMS02
Spencer Lam has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.91, set at Agoura Summer 2026, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,654th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since November 2022, he has put 409 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.94 in November 2022 to 8.91, a 31% improvement. Spencer has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 8.91 | 10.48 | top 4.7% | 2,654 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.68 | 4.81 | top 10.8% | 4,298 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 49.05 | 56.40 | top 23.6% | 3,643 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.52 | 28.90 | top 30.2% | 3,961 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:43.44 | 2:04.13 | top 38.0% | 3,077 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 2:01.70 | 2:28.50 | top 46.8% | 3,526 / 8,026 | |
| Skewb | 10.33 | 15.20 | top 57.0% | 10,525 / 19,164 | |
| 6×6 | 3:37.34 | 4:12.61 | top 57.8% | 2,231 / 4,262 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.72 | 17.81 | top 65.4% | 19,651 / 29,168 | |
| 7×7 | 7:01.25 | — | early days — 3 solves | 2,568 / 3,236 | |
| Clock | 30.03 | — | top 84.3% | 7,703 / 9,172 |
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
- 31 Aug 2024Five personal bests in one day at La La Land 2024.
- 24 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Irvine Fall 2023.
- 11 Jun 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.80 at Pride in Long Beach 2023.
- 5 Nov 2022First competition: Cubing for Cancer RPV 2022. A 13.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Temecula Valley Back To School 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Temecula Valley Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Agoura Summer 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Westerns Warmup Riverside B 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCLA Summer 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025 · 22 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Let's Cube Long Beach 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- La La Land 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Thankful for Cubing RPV 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Irvine Fall 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Santa Ana Summer A 2023 · 19 Aug 2023
- Agoura Cubing Again 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pride in Long Beach 2023 · 11 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Give Back RPV 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing for Cancer RPV 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 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.
- Zack Rubio — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Shane Grogan — met in 76 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alex Lehman — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.