People · United States
Alex Yu
3×3 · top 7.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022YUAL02
Alex Yu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.87, set at GCU Winter 2024, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,975th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2022, he has put 144 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.70 in September 2022 to 9.87, a 47% improvement. Alex has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 9.87 | 11.96 | top 7.1% | 3,975 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.46 | 29.10 | top 32.8% | 4,342 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 4.71 | 6.08 | top 35.7% | 14,487 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.12 | 13.18 | top 53.9% | 15,983 / 29,168 |
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
- 13 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.87 at GCU Winter 2024.
- 2 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Summer 2023.
- 3 Jun 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.10 at Wilmington Warmup 2023.
- 3 Sep 2022First competition: Pretzel Mania 2022. A 20.40 3×3 single to start from.
- 3 Sep 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.27 at Pretzel Mania 2022.
Competitions
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Newark Academy Spring 2024 · 2 Jun 2024
- Spring into Summit 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- GCU Winter 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Wilmington Warmup 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 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.
- Ishan Donavalli — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zach Ridall — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dana Yi — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.87 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,318 people have one; it is 4.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.