People · United States
Alan Fife
3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019FIFE01
Alan Fife has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.24, set at Back to School Utah 2023, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,828th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since July 2019, he has put 289 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.82 in July 2019 to 8.24, a 56% improvement. Alan has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.24 | 10.46 | top 3.2% | 1,828 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.61 | 4.73 | top 10.0% | 3,938 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 8.79 | 10.77 | top 18.9% | 1,439 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 16.92 | 24.85 | top 20.8% | 1,395 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 5.39 | 8.76 | top 21.1% | 3,378 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 48.44 | 53.58 | top 22.7% | 3,440 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.99 | 8.54 | top 27.8% | 7,639 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.47 | 26.61 | top 30.0% | 3,887 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:40.12 | 1:44.06 | top 34.7% | 2,464 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:49.80 | 2:05.35 | top 42.5% | 3,456 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:02.98 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,426 / 2,092 | |
| 6×6 | 4:10.37 | 4:11.26 | early days — 3 solves | 2,692 / 4,196 |
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
- 19 Aug 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.24 at Back to School Utah 2023.
- 19 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at Back to School Utah 2023.
- 4 Jan 2020Five personal bests in one day at Charlotte Winter 2020.
- 23 Nov 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.88 at Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2019.
- 14 Sep 2019Four personal bests in one day at Rocky The Ram Cubes 2019.
- 20 Jul 2019First competition: Greensboro Summer 2019. A 19.50 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024 · 20 Jun 2024
- Utah Puzzling for Awareness 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
- Utah Ice Cubing 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Snowball Bash 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Championship 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Valley Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Back to School Utah 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Charlotte Winter 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 5 personal bests set
- Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Rocky The Ram Cubes 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Greensboro Summer 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 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.
- Eric Pesci — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead once
- Canyon Pettitt — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead once
- Damian Wilding — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.