People · Canada
Alex Hyams
3×3 · top 8.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014HYAM01
Alex Hyams has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.43, set at Toronto Open Winter 2015, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 807th in Canada. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2014, he has put 234 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.86 in April 2014 to 10.43, a 42% improvement. Alex 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 | 10.43 | 12.50 | top 8.7% | 807 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 3.04 | 5.45 | top 14.7% | 986 / 7,173 | |
| Skewb | 4.79 | 6.61 | top 16.6% | 368 / 2,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.75 | 25.43 | top 25.3% | 548 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 51.00 | 1:00.30 | top 25.9% | 661 / 3,118 | |
| 5×5 | 1:48.30 | 2:05.64 | top 41.4% | 523 / 1,499 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 43 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 170 / 283 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:20.29 | — | early days — 1 solve | 307 / 351 |
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
- 6 Jun 2015Five personal bests in one day at Canadian Open 2015.
- 14 Mar 2015Six personal bests in one day at Toronto Open Winter 2015.
- 11 Oct 2014Four personal bests in one day at Carnegie Mellon Fall 2014.
- 9 Aug 2014First sub-15 3×3: 12.35 at Toronto Open Summer 2014.
- 9 Aug 2014Four personal bests in one day at Toronto Open Summer 2014.
- 26 Apr 2014First competition: Toronto Open Spring 2014. A 17.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Canadian Open 2015 · 6 Jun 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Toronto Open Winter 2015 · 14 Mar 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- Toronto Open Fall 2014 · 22 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Carnegie Mellon Fall 2014 · 11 Oct 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Toronto Open Summer 2014 · 9 Aug 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- CanadianCUBING Fifty 2014 · 5 Jul 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Waterloo 2014 · 31 May 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Toronto Open Spring 2014 · 26 Apr 2014
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.
- Julian David — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Max Wang — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Jonathan Esparaz — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.