People · United States
Alex Yan
3×3 · top 11.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018YANA01
Alex Yan has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.34, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 15 2019, puts him in the top 11.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,238th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since March 2018, he has put 78 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.61 in March 2018 to 11.34, a 42% 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 | 11.34 | 14.45 | top 11.6% | 6,238 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 45.80 | 52.60 | top 19.3% | 2,930 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.67 | 13.35 | top 25.2% | 6,883 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 1:28.69 | 1:49.96 | top 27.4% | 1,888 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.28 | 1:48.88 | top 32.5% | 2,576 / 9,401 |
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
- 7 Apr 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.03 at Berkeley Spring 2018.
- 18 Mar 2018First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 11 2018. A 19.61 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 15 2019 · 10 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 13 2019 · 13 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Summer 2018 · 15 Sep 2018
- West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018 · 15 Jul 2018
- Berkeley Spring 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 11 2018 · 18 Mar 2018
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.
- Nico Harper (李有為) — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Reuben San Luis — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
- Varun Mohanraj — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 5.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.