People · United States
Alexander Phan
2×2 · top 11.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2010 · 2010PHAN01
Alexander Phan has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.77, set at Caltech Winter 2012, puts him in the top 11.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,606th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since January 2010, he has put 169 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.15 in January 2010 to 13.20, a 27% improvement. Alexander has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.77 | 5.75 | top 11.7% | 4,606 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 13.20 | 14.91 | top 18.1% | 9,704 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.34 | 25.55 | top 18.8% | 2,414 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.38 | 1:21.70 | top 51.0% | 8,618 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.49 | 15.63 | top 75.4% | 22,346 / 28,708 | |
| Square-1 | 1:44.90 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,620 / 6,743 |
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
- 11 Feb 2012Three personal bests in one day at Caltech Winter 2012.
- 7 Aug 2011First sub-15 3×3: 14.50 at Berkeley Summer 2011.
- 7 Aug 2011Six personal bests in one day at Berkeley Summer 2011.
- 16 Jan 2010First competition: Bayview Hills Open 2010. A 18.15 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SoCal Supercomp 2015 · 27 Jun 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Johns Hopkins Winter 2015 · 28 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Winter 2015 · 7 Mar 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2014 · 1 Aug 2014
- Nisei Week 2013 · 17 Aug 2013
- Nisei Week 2012 · 18 Aug 2012 — 1 personal best set
- United States National Championships 2012 · 3 Aug 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Caltech Winter 2012 · 11 Feb 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2011 · 7 Aug 2011 — 6 personal bests set
- Bayview Hills Open 2010 · 16 Jan 2010
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.
- Weston Mizumoto — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Steven Turner — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Devin Corr-Robinett — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.