People · United States
Alden Townsend
3×3 · top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022TOWN02
Alden Townsend has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.64, set at Run & Cube 5K Cubikon NH 2026, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,118th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since November 2022, he has put 19 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.58 in November 2022 to 10.64, a 15% improvement. Alden has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.64 | 14.12 | top 9.4% | 5,118 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 5.67 | 7.29 | top 47.3% | 19,140 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:17.48 | — | early days — 2 solves | 9,149 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:04.84 | — | early days — 2 solves | 13,105 / 15,683 |
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
- 20 Nov 2022First competition: Loon Cubikon 2022. A 12.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Run & Cube 5K Cubikon NH 2026 · 15 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Loon Cubikon 2022 · 20 Nov 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.
- Will Russo — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
- Derek White — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
- Charles Amarello — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.