People · Australia
Alex Liau
3×3 · top 7.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2021 · 2021LIAU01
Alex Liau has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.89, set at Perth Summer 2023, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 666th in Australia. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2021, he has put 202 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.31 in March 2021 to 9.89, a 26% improvement. Alex has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.89 | 11.02 | top 7.1% | 666 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.54 | 5.20 | top 9.3% | 701 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.35 | 15.57 | top 39.2% | 2,113 / 5,993 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.25 | 1:24.73 | top 44.2% | 1,185 / 3,051 |
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
- 21 Jan 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.89 at Perth Summer 2023.
- 12 Sep 2021Three personal bests in one day at Rockingham Rapid 2021.
- 28 Mar 2021First competition: Craigie Cube-Off 2021. A 16.50 3×3 single to start from.
- 28 Mar 2021First sub-15 3×3: 13.31 at Craigie Cube-Off 2021.
Competitions
- Perth Autumn 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Perth Summer 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2022 · 30 Sep 2022
- Perth Puzzle Marathon 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- WA Open 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Rockingham Rapid 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Perth Autumn 2022 · 19 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Perth Underground Open 2022 · 29 Jan 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Fremantle Fast Fingers 2021 · 10 Oct 2021
- Rockingham Rapid 2021 · 12 Sep 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- WA State Championship 2021 · 17 Jul 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Craigie Cube-Off 2021 · 28 Mar 2021 — 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.
- Amy Smith — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Benjamin Walker — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Jonathan Charlesworth — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.89 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.