People · United Kingdom
Alexander Yip
3×3 one-handed · top 1.8% of 73,695 all-time · competing since February 2015 · 2015YIPA01
Alexander Yip has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 10.99, set at August Bank Holiday Competition 2017, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since February 2015, he has put 1,038 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.90 in February 2015 to 8.09, a 26% improvement. Alexander has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 10.99 | 13.88 | top 1.8% | 34 / 1,851 | |
| 3×3 | 8.09 | 10.63 | top 2.9% | 241 / 6,689 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.27 | 6.79 | top 9.0% | 351 / 3,656 | |
| Skewb | 3.74 | 8.49 | top 9.2% | 204 / 2,421 | |
| 2×2 | 2.57 | 3.91 | top 9.6% | 631 / 4,895 | |
| 4×4 | 40.11 | 46.22 | top 12.3% | 286 / 2,071 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.31 | 1:25.68 | top 17.0% | 227 / 1,151 |
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
- 26 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at UK Championship 2018.
- 25 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at August Bank Holiday Competition 2018.
- 27 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at UK Championship 2017.
- 26 Aug 2017Eight personal bests in one day at August Bank Holiday Competition 2017.
- 8 Jul 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at London Open 2017.
- 8 Jul 2017Seven personal bests in one day at London Open 2017.
Competitions
- Kewbz UK Open 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
- Stevenage July 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
- East London Autumn 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage Autumn A 2022 · 24 Sep 2022
- UK Championship 2019 · 25 Oct 2019
- August Bank Holiday Celebration 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cambridge Open 2018 · 15 Dec 2018
- UK Championship 2018 · 26 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Competition 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Peterborough Open 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Guildford Open 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2017 · 27 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Competition 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 8 personal bests set
- London Open 2017 · 8 Jul 2017 — 7 personal bests set
- North London Open 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2015 · 7 Nov 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Competition 2015 · 29 Aug 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Harrow Spring 2015 · 28 Feb 2015 — 3 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.
- Fabio Schwandt — met in 184 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Robert Yau — met in 167 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Charlie Stark — met in 160 rounds, finished ahead 92 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.