People · Canada
Alvin Wong
3×3 · top 4.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023WONG36
Alvin Wong has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.98, set at Cubing Around Metrotown 2023, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 460th in Canada. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2023, he has put 152 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.38 in April 2023 to 8.98, a 13% improvement. Alvin 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.98 | 10.32 | top 4.8% | 460 / 10,392 | |
| 4×4 | 43.78 | 49.84 | top 16.8% | 424 / 3,118 | |
| 2×2 | 3.44 | 5.33 | top 19.4% | 1,302 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.17 | 8.63 | top 29.3% | 1,277 / 4,858 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.71 | 1:44.95 | top 32.8% | 404 / 1,499 | |
| Clock | 16.73 | 24.19 | top 54.5% | 497 / 1,029 | |
| 6×6 | 3:51.79 | 4:27.82 | early days — 3 solves | 355 / 665 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.35 | 1:05.65 | top 62.9% | 1,510 / 2,620 |
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 Jul 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.45 at Canadian Championship 2023.
- 23 Apr 2023First competition: Cubing on Par B 2023. A 10.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Burnaby Basics 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Canada's Best in the West 2024 · 5 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Around Metrotown 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Canadian Championship 2023 · 13 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- BC Spring Solving B 2023 · 22 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing on Par B 2023 · 23 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best 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.
- Heewon Hwang — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Kenny Zhong — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luke Zhang — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 3.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.