People · United States
Alex Tran
3×3 · top 13.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017TRAN02
Alex Tran has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.91, set at Cubing 4 Kids 2018, puts him in the top 13.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,414th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since March 2017, he has put 144 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.94 in March 2017 to 11.91, a 70% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.91 | 15.32 | top 13.7% | 7,414 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.81 | 9.63 | top 26.3% | 7,322 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.03 | 40.82 | top 28.9% | 3,784 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 4.73 | 6.49 | top 36.0% | 14,586 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.27 | 1:11.33 | top 39.0% | 6,416 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 8.68 | 12.72 | top 46.3% | 8,309 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 3:02.52 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,026 / 8,026 |
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
- 27 Jan 2018Three personal bests in one day at Cubing 4 Kids 2018.
- 20 Jan 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.00 at SCC Winter 2018.
- 20 Jan 2018Three personal bests in one day at SCC Winter 2018.
- 4 Nov 2017First sub-20 3×3: 16.39 at KCubing Fall 2017.
- 29 Apr 2017First sub-30 3×3: 24.61 at Overland Park Open 2017.
- 4 Mar 2017First competition: KCubing Winter 2017. A 39.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubeIowa 2018 · 14 Apr 2018
- BarbeCubing 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing 4 Kids 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- SCC Winter 2018 · 20 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- KCubing Fall 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Overland Park Open 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- KCubing Winter 2017 · 4 Mar 2017
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.
- Will Wooden — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- David Woner — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan Potts — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.