People · China
Alvin Yang
5×5 · top 2.7% of 40,792 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014YANG37
Alvin Yang has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 5×5: a personal-best single of 53.17, set at China Championship 2019, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 40,792 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 116th in China. Until August 2012, no official 5×5 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since December 2014, he has put 530 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.80 in December 2014 to 8.12, a 57% improvement. Alvin has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5×5 | 53.17 | 1:05.44 | top 2.7% | 116 / 2,816 | |
| 7×7 | 2:24.96 | 2:33.71 | top 3.0% | 55 / 1,261 | |
| 3×3 | 8.12 | 10.47 | top 3.0% | 1,093 / 28,153 | |
| 6×6 | 1:44.76 | 1:50.05 | top 5.4% | 118 / 1,349 | |
| 4×4 | 43.66 | 51.81 | top 16.6% | 1,793 / 5,926 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.75 | 27.10 | top 22.6% | 2,247 / 5,922 | |
| 2×2 | 4.28 | 7.35 | top 30.1% | 5,155 / 15,796 |
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
- 27 Apr 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.53 at Minnesota Cube Melt 2019.
- 27 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Minnesota Cube Melt 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Penn Cube Day Spring 2019.
- 12 May 2018Three personal bests in one day at Weihai Open 2018.
- 4 Mar 2017Three personal bests in one day at Atlantic Open 2017.
- 21 May 2016Seven personal bests in one day at National Capital Region 2016.
Competitions
- Florida Spring B 2022 · 12 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Tianjin Summer Solstice 2021 · 20 Jun 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Xi'an Cherry Blossom PM 2021 · 11 Apr 2021
- Beijing Spring PM 2021 · 4 Apr 2021
- Beijing Spring Special 2021 · 3 Apr 2021
- Xi'an 10th Anniversary 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Hefei Summer 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Boston University Winter 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- MIT Fall 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Weihai Open 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Viking 2017 · 10 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Big N Blind NYC 2017 · 18 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Weston Fall 2017 · 11 Nov 2017
- Classic City Spooks 2017 · 27 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- China Championship 2017 · 28 Jul 2017
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Atlantic Open 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Fall 2016 · 15 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Oregon 2016 · 27 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- National Capital Region 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 7 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2016 · 6 Feb 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Atlantic Open Fall 2015 · 5 Dec 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Summer 2015 · 15 Aug 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Canadian Open 2015 · 6 Jun 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Spring 2015 · 2 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- VanCubing Winter 2014 · 13 Dec 2014
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.
- Kevin Matthews — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Antoine Cantin — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Louis Cormier — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 3.17 away.
- A sub-2:00 7×7 single — 83 people have one; it is 24.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.