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Alex Shih

3×3 · top 19.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2014 · 2014SHIH01

Alex Shih has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.43, set at Newport Cube Day 2014, puts him in the top 19.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,190th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since July 2014, he has put 28 official solves on the record across five events. Alex has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 19.0% of 284,439 all-time
13.43
signature single · Newport Cube Day 2014
28
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.4320.07
top 19.0%10,190 / 59,724
2×26.327.49
top 54.2%22,106 / 40,951
4×41:26.131:32.87
top 60.7%10,568 / 19,072
5×52:40.14
early days — 2 solves6,206 / 9,401
Megaminx3:02.49
early days — 1 solve5,886 / 7,841

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

Newport Cube Day 2014: 13.43SoCal Supercomp 2015: 17.3313.4317.335 Jul 201427 Jun 2015

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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 Vovan — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Tim Wong — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Riley Woo — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.