People · Canada
Alben Joseph Caga
3×3 · top 2.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022CAGA01
Alben Joseph Caga has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.90, set at Appleby Fall B 2023, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 262nd in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2022, he has put 171 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.52 in May 2022 to 7.90, a 42% improvement. Alben has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.90 | 8.80 | top 2.6% | 262 / 10,502 | |
| 4×4 | 33.65 | 37.37 | top 5.6% | 131 / 3,180 | |
| 2×2 | 2.19 | 3.09 | top 6.2% | 404 / 7,245 | |
| 5×5 | 1:04.82 | 1:10.82 | top 8.4% | 99 / 1,546 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.00 | 20.02 | top 10.3% | 228 / 2,632 | |
| 7×7 | 3:16.29 | 3:25.40 | top 15.1% | 56 / 519 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.61 | 10.57 | top 17.2% | 704 / 4,913 | |
| Megaminx | 1:13.80 | 1:24.07 | top 17.9% | 168 / 1,393 | |
| 6×6 | 2:19.48 | 2:28.82 | early days — 3 solves | 101 / 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
- 3 Jun 2023First sub-10 3×3: 7.93 at Guelph 2023.
- 29 May 2022First competition: 3x3x3 Only Hamilton B 2022. A 14.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pickering Favourites Autumn 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pickering Favourites Fall 2023 · 1 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Appleby Fall B 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Appleby Summer B 2023 · 13 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Guelph 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ajax First-Timers 2022 · 30 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 · 7 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- 3x3x3 Only Hamilton B 2022 · 29 May 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.
- Matthew Lee — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jonathan Wang (王嘉洺) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Arhaan Sareen — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 3.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.