People · United States
Alan Stanger
2×2 · top 19.0% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023STAN20
Alan Stanger has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.40, set at Steel City Sprint PA 2026, puts him in the top 19.0% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,567th in the United States. Across 14 competitions since September 2023, he has put 286 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.18 in September 2023 to 15.25, a 16% improvement. Alan has entered 14 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.40 | 5.21 | top 19.0% | 7,567 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 5.65 | 18.41 | top 23.2% | 3,742 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 15.25 | 18.45 | top 25.4% | 14,033 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.74 | 13.66 | top 42.6% | 12,409 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 14.91 | 16.91 | top 47.6% | 3,955 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.70 | 35.66 | top 52.8% | 7,396 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:19.86 | — | top 55.8% | 9,707 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 2:56.90 | — | top 77.1% | 7,036 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 3:20.85 | — | early days — 3 solves | 6,581 / 8,026 | |
| Square-1 | 1:25.49 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,491 / 6,846 |
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
- 4 Nov 2023Five personal bests in one day at ALL1- Pittsburgh 2023.
- 23 Sep 2023First competition: Bulldog Fall 2023. A 18.18 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tartan Twist PA 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Northern Tier Twist 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Steel City Sprint PA 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Northern Tier Twist 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Eastwood Mall Summer 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Green Summer 2024 · 6 Jul 2024
- Green Spring 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Plum Puzzles 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bulldog Winter 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Eastwood Cubing 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- BHT Pyraminx Bash 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
- ALL1- Pittsburgh 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bulldog Fall 2023 · 23 Sep 2023
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.
- Dev Choksi — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead once
- Xavier Ye — met in 68 rounds, never finished ahead
- Krishna Joyce — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,481 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.