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Albert Wolkowitz
2×2 · top 9.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025WOLK01
Albert Wolkowitz has been competing for 11 months. 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 9.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,865th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2025, he has put 142 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.49 in October 2025 to 14.56, a 49% improvement. Albert 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.59 | 5.29 | top 9.8% | 3,865 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.24 | 10.62 | top 21.8% | 5,830 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 14.56 | 15.81 | top 22.9% | 12,413 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 5.90 | 11.50 | top 25.0% | 4,048 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.64 | 1:21.32 | top 46.5% | 7,744 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.49 | 37.71 | top 52.3% | 7,215 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:10.98 | 2:34.17 | top 56.0% | 4,739 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:43.71 | 2:58.11 | top 67.6% | 5,193 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 5:22.61 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,488 / 4,196 |
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
- 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.
- 15 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing on the Green MN 2025.
- 18 Oct 2025First competition: Cubetcha MN 2025. A 28.49 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- 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 31 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Eli Sanderson — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Kaius Young — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.