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Alan An (Алан Ан)

2×2 · top 9.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018ANAL01

Alan An (Алан Ан) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.56, set at Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2019, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 92nd in Kazakhstan. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since March 2018, he has put 118 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.25 in March 2018 to 11.13, a 52% improvement. Alan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.56
signature single · Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2019
118
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingKazakhstan
2×22.564.77
top 9.5%92 / 976
3×311.1312.95
top 10.9%136 / 1,315
Skewb5.036.51
top 18.4%69 / 474
Pyraminx7.168.55
top 29.2%215 / 803
4×455.351:06.62
top 31.1%131 / 415
3×3 one-handed25.2331.12
top 34.8%127 / 330
Square-132.9048.93
top 54.9%68 / 140

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

Aktobe Cube Days 2018: 23.25KSF Aktobe City 2019: 11.38Cubing Kazakhstan Nationals 2019: 11.1311.1323.253 Mar 201826 Oct 2019

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.