People · United States
Alpha Yam
2×2 · top 23.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016YAMA01
Alpha Yam has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.79, set at Poly Cubed 2016, puts him in the top 23.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,332nd in the United States. Across 6 competitions since April 2016, he has put 76 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 7% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.79 in April 2016 to 18.70, a 25% improvement. Alpha has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 3.79 | 6.32 | top 23.8% | 9,332 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 7.04 | 11.55 | top 34.0% | 5,718 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 18.70 | 19.85 | top 36.2% | 20,345 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.16 | 12.59 | top 46.2% | 13,285 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:45.32 | — | early days — 2 solves | 13,430 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 48.42 | 57.37 | top 74.6% | 4,923 / 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
- 25 Mar 2017First sub-20 3×3: 18.70 at Qualifornia 2017.
- 7 May 2016Three personal bests in one day at Poly Cubed 2016.
- 24 Apr 2016First competition: St. Francis II: GYM 2016. A 24.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Newport Fall 2017 · 7 Oct 2017
- Qualifornia 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Fall 2016 · 12 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- SoCal Supercomp 2016 · 9 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Poly Cubed 2016 · 7 May 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- St. Francis II: GYM 2016 · 24 Apr 2016
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.
- Isaac Langer — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Elijah Brown — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jungwoo Kim (김정우) — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.