People · United States
Albert Poghosyan
3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017POGH01
Albert Poghosyan has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.88, set at Santa Barbara Winter 2025, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,495th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since February 2017, he has put 102 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.21 in February 2017 to 7.88, a 51% improvement. Albert has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 7.88 | 9.83 | top 2.6% | 1,495 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.21 | 3.64 | top 6.3% | 2,504 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.08 | 6.37 | top 8.1% | 2,062 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.19 | 22.75 | top 13.1% | 1,686 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 43.29 | 48.28 | top 16.1% | 2,447 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 14.99 | 31.28 | top 16.4% | 1,110 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 1:55.72 | 2:01.41 | top 46.5% | 3,854 / 9,401 |
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 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Santa Barbara Winter 2025.
- 30 Mar 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.49 at Thousand Oaks Cubing Open 2019.
- 15 Sep 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.75 at Anaheim Fall 2018.
- 25 Feb 2017First competition: Caltech Winter 2017. A 16.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
- Santa Barbara Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Thousand Oaks Cubing Open 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Anaheim Fall 2018 · 15 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Winter 2017 · 25 Feb 2017
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.
- Jack Flynn Stewart — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Shane Grogan — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
- Paul Mahvi — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.88 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.