People · United States
Alden Pocus
Pyraminx · top 40.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022POCU01
Alden Pocus has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 8.45, set at Pretzel Mania Denver 2024, puts him in the top 40.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,474th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since August 2022, he has put 111 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.05 in August 2022 to 21.87, a 45% improvement. Alden has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 8.45 | 14.84 | top 40.1% | 11,474 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 5.18 | 8.65 | top 41.6% | 16,697 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 21.87 | 24.94 | top 45.1% | 25,985 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 14.21 | 16.75 | top 75.5% | 14,324 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 2:06.51 | — | early days — 3 solves | 15,888 / 19,072 |
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
- 2 Sep 2023First sub-30 3×3: 27.64 at Ski Valley Solving 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Ski Valley Solving 2023.
- 6 Aug 2022First competition: BeCubed Summer 2022. A 40.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Only Cubes in ABQ 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Albuquerque Cubefest 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania Denver 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ski Valley Solving 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- BeCubed Spring 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- AZCubing Winter 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- BeCubed Summer 2022 · 6 Aug 2022
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.
- Estevan Lujan — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Anthony J. Telford — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Cy Hamilton — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.