People · United States
Alden Ellington
3×3 · top 16.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016ELLI02
Alden Ellington has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.68, set at Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2023, puts him in the top 16.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,754th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since May 2016, he has put 108 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.02 in May 2016 to 12.68, a 37% improvement. Alden has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 12.68 | 14.77 | top 16.3% | 8,754 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.72 | 7.13 | top 18.0% | 4,763 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 6.04 | 6.61 | top 26.0% | 4,242 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 3.98 | 5.39 | top 26.2% | 10,343 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.96 | 1:11.87 | top 40.6% | 6,627 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.93 | 37.36 | top 46.5% | 6,322 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 18.16 | 25.52 | top 59.2% | 4,967 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 2:27.41 | 2:36.78 | top 64.6% | 5,612 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 5:20.91 | 5:35.37 | early days — 3 solves | 3,467 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 9:04.26 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,045 / 3,184 |
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 2024Four personal bests in one day at FSUbers 7.0 2024.
- 15 Jul 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.69 at Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2023.
- 15 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2023.
- 18 Mar 2017First sub-20 3×3: 15.60 at Iowa State Spring 2017.
- 21 May 2016First competition: Minnesota Cube Melt 2016. A 20.02 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- FSUbers 7.0 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Iowa State Spring 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2016 · 21 May 2016
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.
- Carter Bitz — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Coleton Pleiss — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Walker Welch — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.