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Alden Salvatore FitzGerald-Ward
Pyraminx · top 10.7% of 130,891 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022FITZ02
Alden Salvatore FitzGerald-Ward has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.58, set at Amherst Open 2022, puts him in the top 10.7% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,846th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since June 2022, he has put 111 official solves on the record across six 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 24.50 in June 2022 to 13.86, a 43% improvement. Alden 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.58 | 8.06 | top 10.7% | 2,846 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 13.86 | 16.74 | top 20.5% | 11,240 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.93 | 4.66 | top 25.7% | 10,222 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.10 | 36.71 | top 37.2% | 5,010 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.75 | 1:25.22 | top 52.3% | 8,979 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 1:11.05 | — | top 89.5% | 6,128 / 6,846 |
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
- 19 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Loon Cubikon 2023.
- 12 Aug 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.86 at Be Quick in Brunswick 2023.
- 12 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Be Quick in Brunswick 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Maine Spring 2023.
- 10 Sep 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.95 at Amherst Open 2022.
- 10 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Amherst Open 2022.
Competitions
- Loon Cubikon 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Be Quick in Brunswick 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Maine Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Amherst Open 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Granite State 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Fast In Mass 2022 · 18 Jun 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.
- Charles Amarello — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Aidan McKenzie — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Derek White — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.