People · Canada
Alvin Li
3×3 · top 7.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022LIAL03
Alvin Li has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.92, set at Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter B 2024, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 677th in Canada. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since May 2022, he has put 260 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.84 in May 2022 to 9.92, a 44% improvement. Alvin has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.92 | 13.28 | top 7.2% | 677 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 3.17 | 4.63 | top 16.3% | 1,093 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.10 | 26.48 | top 26.3% | 570 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 1:22.10 | 1:32.68 | top 57.6% | 1,613 / 3,118 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.36 | 13.29 | top 69.4% | 3,431 / 4,858 |
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
- 13 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.92 at Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter B 2024.
- 7 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at National Capital Region B 2023.
- 14 May 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.68 at Open de Montréal 2022.
- 7 May 2022First competition: Oshawa Favourites 2022. A 17.84 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ottawa 3x3x3 Fall C 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
- Trois-Rivières 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
- Championnat Québécois 2024 · 4 Oct 2024
- Ottawa Favourites 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa Spring 2024 · 4 May 2024
- Nouveaux Venus à Montréal A 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
- Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter B 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Défi Jeunesse Montréal 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Imaginaire Quebec 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- NCR Favourites 2023 · 17 Sep 2023
- Southern Ontario Summer - Oshawa 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Open de Montréal 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- National Capital Region B 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Open de Montréal 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Oshawa Favourites 2022 · 7 May 2022
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.
- YiFei Chen — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Alexandre Ondet — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Azad Azhar Hamzeh — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.