People · Canada
Alex Lanigan
2×2 · top 8.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016LANI02
Alex Lanigan has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.48, set at Vancouver Fall 2016, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 561st in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2016, he has put 86 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.04 in July 2016 to 2.48, a 69% improvement. Alex has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.48 | 5.06 | top 8.7% | 561 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.11 | 13.63 | top 28.7% | 1,249 / 4,858 | |
| Skewb | 7.25 | 23.11 | top 35.6% | 883 / 2,907 | |
| 3×3 | 24.36 | 26.68 | top 51.2% | 5,290 / 10,392 | |
| 4×4 | 2:18.15 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,720 / 3,118 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Jan 2017First sub-30 3×3: 24.40 at Vancouver Open Winter 2017.
- 29 Jul 2016First competition: US Nationals 2016. A 33.14 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vancouver Open Winter 2018 · 6 Jan 2018
- Whistler Open 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Fall 2016 · 15 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2016 · 29 Jul 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.
- Ethan Rusnak — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Noah Stelting — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kenny Zhong — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.