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Alden Arthur

3×3 · top 34.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024ARTH01

Alden Arthur has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.23, set at Eau Clock Wisconsin 2026, puts him in the top 34.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19,408th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since March 2024, he has put 58 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.75 in March 2024 to 18.23, a 49% improvement. Alden has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 34.8% of 284,439 all-time
18.23
signature single · Eau Clock Wisconsin 2026
58
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×318.2319.56
top 34.8%19,408 / 59,724
2×25.357.34
top 43.6%17,579 / 40,951

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

Concordia Turning Spring 2024: 35.75Door County Cube Challenge 2024: 18.93Minnesota Cube Melt 2025: 18.97Eau Clock Wisconsin 2026: 18.23Midwest Cubing Classic 2026: 24.2118.2335.7516 Mar 202426 Apr 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.23 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as he improves.