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Alexander Kang
Pyraminx · top 4.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023KANG30
Alexander Kang has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.35, set at UCSB Favorites 2025, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,281st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since October 2023, he has put 126 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.09 in October 2023 to 12.00, a 67% improvement. Alexander has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.35 | 14.52 | top 4.9% | 1,281 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.91 | 4.67 | top 13.2% | 5,203 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 12.00 | 13.45 | top 13.9% | 7,445 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.32 | 33.38 | top 35.1% | 4,632 / 15,683 |
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
- 1 Nov 2025First sub-20 3×3: 14.38 at UCSB Favorites 2025.
- 1 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.38 at UCSB Favorites 2025.
- 1 Nov 2025Five personal bests in one day at UCSB Favorites 2025.
- 16 Dec 2023First sub-30 3×3: 25.06 at UCSD Winter 2023.
- 7 Oct 2023First competition: UCSD Extravaganza 2023. A 36.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Agoura Summer 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- Westerns Warmup Riverside B 2026 · 16 May 2026
- UCLA Spring 2026 · 15 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Huntington Park Winter 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSB Favorites 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Los Angeles Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- USC Cubing 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
- UCSD Winter 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD Extravaganza 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
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.
- Dominic Shoji — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Liv Coverdale — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Matthew Dickman — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.