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Alasdair Paton

2×2 · top 3.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2015 · 2015PATO01

Alasdair Paton has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.84, set at Chääswürfel 2025, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 277th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 60 competitions since March 2015, he has put 1,605 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.16 in March 2015 to 9.47, a 61% improvement. Alasdair has entered 60 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.8% of 189,179 all-time
1.84
signature single · Chääswürfel 2025
1,605
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.843.95
top 3.8%277 / 4,946
3×39.4712.24
top 6.1%463 / 6,785
4×439.4746.86
top 11.6%272 / 2,112
5×51:12.531:23.12
top 13.6%186 / 1,167
Pyraminx6.329.80
top 22.4%885 / 3,704
6×62:23.682:34.17
top 22.5%137 / 560
7×73:46.364:02.69
top 25.8%125 / 463
Megaminx1:27.371:41.55
top 26.5%310 / 998
3×3 one-handed22.9126.19
top 28.6%520 / 1,861
Square-125.5544.81
top 40.3%362 / 789
Clock16.6018.32
top 54.1%718 / 1,255
Skewb10.5314.17
top 58.3%1,401 / 2,439

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

Swiss Nationals 2015: 24.16SwissScience Open 2015: 21.40Chottu Skips 2016: 15.18Wiler Würfelfest 2016: 16.16Wiehnachtswürfelä z Bärn 2016: 15.33Swisscubing Cup II 2017: 16.41Wiler Würfelfest 2017: 12.38Swisscubing Cup Final 2017: 14.20Swiss Nationals 2017: 15.23Wiler Würfelfest 2018: 14.21Swisscubing Cup Final 2018: 13.84Wiler Würfelfest 2019: 12.14Swiss Nationals 2019: 13.20Swisscubing Cup III 2019: 14.97Swisscubing Cup IV 2019: 13.30Swiss Science Open 2019: 12.38Swisscubing Cup V 2019: 12.16Swisscubing Cup Final 2019: 13.27Basel Open 2020: 14.21Swisscubing Cup II 2020: 13.98Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 12.30Chääswürfel 2022: 12.05OFFA Speedcubing Meisterschaft 2023: 11.61Swiss Nationals 2023: 10.39Swisscubing Cup V 2023: 9.47Chääswürfel 2023: 11.26Swisscubing Cup II 2024: 12.2110 Johr Wiler Würfelfäst 2024: 17.89Swisscubing Cup IV 2024: 12.06Swiss Nationals 2024: 12.86Swisscubing Cup Final 2024: 13.11Chääswürfel 2024: 12.49Romandie Doigts Rapides 2025: 12.05Wiler Würfelfäst 2025: 12.17Newchâtel 2025: 13.29Swisscubing Cup III 2025: 10.21Swiss Nationals 2025: 11.26Swisscubing Cup V 2025: 10.41La Clock-de-Fonds 2025: 10.72Swisscubing Cup Final 2025: 11.06Chääswürfel 2025: 10.30Cubing in the Rain 2026: 11.14Bern Cubing Festival 2026: 12.50Swisscubing Cup II 2026: 12.20NxN in Jura 2026: 11.23Bündner Open 2026: 10.999.4724.1629 Mar 20153 Oct 2026

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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.