People · Canada
Alex Yang
5×5 · top 6.7% of 40,792 all-time · competing since April 2026 · 2026YANG31
Alex Yang has been competing for 4 months. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 1:02.18, set at Gros Jouets à Montréal 2026, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 76th in Canada. Until January 2011, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since April 2026, he has put 32 official solves on the record across four events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5×5 | 1:02.18 | 1:08.34 | top 6.7% | 76 / 1,499 | |
| 4×4 | 35.14 | 40.02 | top 6.8% | 157 / 3,118 | |
| 6×6 | 2:02.84 | 2:11.72 | top 12.2% | 53 / 665 | |
| 7×7 | 3:15.73 | 3:27.58 | top 15.0% | 53 / 503 |
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 story so far
- 25 Apr 2026First competition: Gros Jouets à Montréal 2026.
Competitions
- Gros Jouets à Montréal 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Hiêu Thành Pham — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Rémi Chrétien — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Nathan Liang — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 2.18 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.