People · Canada
Alex Yang
2×2 · top 18.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022YANG36
Alex Yang has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.39, set at New to Edmonton B 2025, puts him in the top 18.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,271st in Canada. Across 6 competitions since November 2022, he has put 161 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.63 in November 2022 to 13.84, a 46% improvement. Alex has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 3.39 | 4.43 | top 18.9% | 1,271 / 7,245 | |
| 3×3 | 13.84 | 15.97 | top 20.5% | 1,970 / 10,502 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.19 | 9.25 | top 37.9% | 1,753 / 4,913 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.10 | 1:09.89 | top 39.8% | 1,093 / 3,180 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.01 | 35.74 | top 49.0% | 1,145 / 2,632 | |
| Megaminx | 2:08.68 | 2:35.41 | top 50.6% | 589 / 1,393 | |
| Skewb | 9.44 | 12.39 | top 51.5% | 1,411 / 2,928 | |
| Clock | 15.89 | 18.79 | top 51.5% | 473 / 1,057 | |
| 5×5 | 4:19.78 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,399 / 1,546 |
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
- 30 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at New to Edmonton B 2025.
- 27 Apr 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.24 at Mother Earth's Charter Spring 2024.
- 27 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Mother Earth's Charter Spring 2024.
- 19 Aug 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.60 at Odd Day in Sylvan 2023.
- 5 Nov 2022First competition: Sylvan Solves 2022. A 25.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Edmonton Winter 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Solved Central Alberta 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- New to Edmonton B 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Mother Earth's Charter Spring 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Odd Day in Sylvan 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Sylvan Solves 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
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.
- Benjamin Ragan — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Dylan Vaskevicius — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- James Matthews — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.