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Alyn Shao

3×3 · top 37.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016SHAO06

Alyn Shao has been competing for 10 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.25, set at UBC Open 2019, puts her in the top 37.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,752nd in Canada. Across 4 competitions since October 2016, she has put 25 official solves on the record across three events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 30.84 in October 2016 to 19.25, a 38% improvement. Alyn has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 37.8% of 284,439 all-time
19.25
signature single · UBC Open 2019
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×319.2522.79
top 37.8%3,752 / 10,392
4×41:40.53
early days — 2 solves2,053 / 3,118
5×53:18.07
early days — 3 solves1,160 / 1,499

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

Vancouver Fall 2016: 30.84Vancouver Open Winter 2017: 24.37Vancouver Open Winter 2018: 25.20UBC Open 2019: 19.2519.2530.8415 Oct 20165 Jan 2019

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.25 away.
  • A sub-1:30 4×4 single — 53,325 people have one; it is 10.53 away.

Targets move as she improves.