People · United States
Alex Chow
2×2 · top 2.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016CHOW08
Alex Chow has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.64, set at Nipomo Spring 2018, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,078th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since November 2016, he has put 185 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.19 in September 2017 to 8.12, a 27% improvement. Alex has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 1.64 | 4.18 | top 2.8% | 1,078 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 8.12 | 9.24 | top 3.0% | 1,706 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.33 | 8.61 | top 9.3% | 2,418 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.03 | 26.18 | top 15.1% | 1,957 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 48.55 | 53.11 | top 22.8% | 3,468 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 42.99 | 1:10.33 | top 68.9% | 4,529 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 3:07.58 | — | early days — 1 solve | 7,315 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 17.50 | 29.84 | top 85.2% | 16,387 / 18,907 |
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
- 30 Mar 2019Three personal bests in one day at Thousand Oaks Cubing Open 2019.
- 23 Feb 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.84 at Santa Barbara Winter 2019.
- 23 Feb 2019Three personal bests in one day at Santa Barbara Winter 2019.
- 21 Apr 2018Four personal bests in one day at Nipomo Spring 2018.
- 12 Nov 2016First competition: Caltech Fall 2016.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Santa Barbara Fall 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Thousand Oaks Cubing Open 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Santa Barbara Winter 2019 · 23 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Nipomo Spring 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Santa Barbara Fall 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Fall 2016 · 12 Nov 2016
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.
- Michael Young — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Derek Hsieh — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Elijah Brown — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.