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William M. Lam

5×5 · top 30.0% of 40,792 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019LAMW01

William M. Lam has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 1:33.16, set at Houston Winter 2020, puts him in the top 30.0% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,363rd in the United States. Across 4 competitions since March 2019, he has put 65 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. William has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

5×5
best event — top 30.0% of 40,792 all-time
1:33.16
signature single · Houston Winter 2020
65
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
5×51:33.161:44.96
top 30.0%2,363 / 9,401
3×317.2819.17
top 31.9%17,631 / 59,724
4×41:01.881:11.64
top 38.5%6,239 / 19,072
7×74:23.784:53.88
early days — 3 solves1,096 / 3,184
3×3 one-handed43.1846.13
top 69.5%9,967 / 15,683

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

Katy Cubing 2019: 17.63Lone Star Cubing 2019: 17.88Texas Out of School 2019: 17.28Houston Winter 2020: 18.6717.2818.6716 Mar 201925 Jan 2020

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1:30 5×5 single — 11,140 people have one; it is 3.16 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.