People · United States
Albert Wolkowitz
2×2 · top 9.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025WOLK01
Albert Wolkowitz has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.59, set at Minnesota Cube Melt 2026, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,942nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2025, he has put 232 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.49 in October 2025 to 11.75, a 59% improvement. Albert has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 2.59 | 5.29 | top 9.9% | 3,942 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 11.75 | 15.81 | top 13.1% | 7,099 / 60,666 | |
| Clock | 9.02 | 10.81 | top 20.0% | 1,563 / 9,172 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.24 | 10.62 | top 21.8% | 5,931 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 5.90 | 11.50 | top 25.1% | 4,106 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.61 | 1:13.14 | top 38.3% | 6,269 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.65 | 34.93 | top 48.2% | 6,666 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 2:10.98 | 2:28.94 | top 56.2% | 4,819 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 2:43.71 | 2:58.11 | top 67.7% | 5,321 / 8,026 | |
| 6×6 | 5:22.38 | 5:36.52 | top 85.6% | 3,545 / 4,262 |
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
- 10 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cubetcha MN 2026.
- 3 Oct 2026Five personal bests in one day at Grand Forks 2026.
- 9 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Minnesota Cube Melt 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.58 at Cube Against Cancer Minnesota 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.25 at Minnesota Championship 2025.
- 29 Nov 2025Six personal bests in one day at Minnesota Championship 2025.
Competitions
- Cubetcha MN 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Grand Forks 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Minnesota 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Very Awesome Mini-sota 2026 · 6 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubing on the Green MN 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubetcha MN 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
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.
- Lisa Kucala — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Eli Sanderson — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Kaius Young — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.