People · United States
Alastair Murray
3×3 · top 6.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018MURR01
Alastair Murray has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.50, set at FSUbers 7.0 2024, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,384th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since March 2018, he has put 98 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.22 in March 2018 to 9.50, a 74% improvement. Alastair has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 9.50 | 12.60 | top 6.1% | 3,384 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.05 | 6.03 | top 27.1% | 10,715 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 6.95 | 9.17 | top 33.3% | 5,576 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.09 | 13.26 | top 36.9% | 10,477 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:29.34 | — | top 63.1% | 11,053 / 19,072 |
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
- 7 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.50 at FSUbers 7.0 2024.
- 4 Mar 2023First sub-20 3×3: 10.64 at Mile High Megacomp 2023.
- 4 Mar 2023First sub-15 3×3: 10.64 at Mile High Megacomp 2023.
- 7 Dec 2019First sub-30 3×3: 26.64 at Rocky Top 2019.
- 25 Mar 2018First competition: Classic City Closer 2018. A 37.22 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Fitchburg Spring 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- FSUbers 7.0 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Simpson Scramble 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Mile High Megacomp 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rocky Top 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Classic City Closer 2018 · 25 Mar 2018
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.
- Jacob Ambrose — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Katie Hull — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Raymond Goslow — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.