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Alex Agranov

Pyraminx · top 1.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016AGRA01

Alex Agranov has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.39, set at Concordia Turning Winter 2026, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 507th in the United States. Until April 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since January 2016, he has put 1,038 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.83 in January 2016 to 8.12, a 71% improvement. Alex has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 1.9% of 129,321 all-time
2.39
signature single · Concordia Turning Winter 2026
1,038
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx2.394.72
top 1.9%507 / 28,708
2×21.503.05
top 2.2%856 / 40,951
3×38.129.28
top 3.0%1,706 / 59,724
4×430.3635.41
top 3.0%492 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed12.8315.55
top 4.2%609 / 15,683
Megaminx51.6557.79
top 5.8%417 / 7,841
5×51:03.381:12.52
top 7.4%585 / 9,401
Clock6.738.03
top 10.0%776 / 8,927
6×62:00.292:10.88
top 11.1%396 / 4,196
Skewb4.116.01
top 11.6%1,807 / 18,907
Square-114.7421.05
top 15.8%1,070 / 6,743
3×3 blindfolded1:21.491:34.02
top 20.1%398 / 2,092
7×74:05.164:18.24
early days — 3 solves913 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves—
early days — 3 solves879 / 2,040
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 6 cubes · 27:01—
early days — 1 solve323 / 731
4×4 blindfolded9:19.48—
early days — 3 solves229 / 440

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

Music City Winter 2016: 27.83Music City Speedsolving 2017: 20.79CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 18.36Music City Fall 2017: 14.88Rocket City 2.0 2017: 12.08Rocky Top 2017: 12.50Grind City 2018: 12.44Rocket City 3.0 2018: 10.83CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 12.20Music City Speedsolving 2018: 10.98Grind City 2019: 8.68CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 9.82Music City Speedsolving 2019: 8.43Mississippi Capstone 2019: 9.96Baton Rouge Winter 2022: 8.67Starkvegas Spring 2022: 8.32Cubing for Autism Missouri 2023: 8.38Minxing in Memphis 2025: 8.12Missouri Championship 2025: 8.44Concordia Turning Winter 2026: 8.46COMO Cube-Off 2026: 8.588.1227.832 Jan 201618 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.

  • Jacob Ambrose — met in 150 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
  • Katie Hull — met in 148 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
  • Eli Parker — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead 14 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.