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Alston Yam

3×3 · top 23.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019YAMA05

Alston Yam has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.72, set at New Zealand Nationals 2020, puts him in the top 23.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 474th in New Zealand. Across 4 competitions since April 2019, he has put 58 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.72 in April 2019 to 14.72, a 25% improvement. Alston has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 23.5% of 284,439 all-time
14.72
signature single · New Zealand Nationals 2020
58
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
3×314.7216.15
top 23.5%474 / 2,095
2×24.255.48
top 29.7%526 / 1,615
Clock13.7315.37
top 42.7%148 / 303

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

NxNZ 2019: 19.72New Zealand Nationals 2020: 14.72A New Year in Auckland 2021: 15.14NZ North Island Championship 2021: 15.2214.7219.7226 Apr 201913 Aug 2021

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.72 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.