People · United States
Alan Yao
2×2 · top 26.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019YAOA02
Alan Yao has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.96, set at Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024, puts him in the top 26.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,226th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2019, he has put 64 official solves on the record across seven events. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.93 in November 2019 to 16.79, a 16% improvement. Alan has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.96 | 5.46 | top 26.0% | 10,226 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.05 | 11.07 | top 28.3% | 7,796 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 16.79 | 18.95 | top 30.3% | 16,697 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.17 | 1:04.47 | top 36.6% | 5,908 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 9.50 | 10.36 | top 51.8% | 9,300 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:22.62 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,384 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 56.02 | — | early days — 2 solves | 12,113 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 2 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024.
- 23 Nov 2019First competition: SBU Fall 2019. A 19.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Houston Winter 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- SBU Fall 2019 · 23 Nov 2019
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.
- RJ Gohn — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Catherine Connolly — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zackary Dannheim — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.