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Alex Bailey

3×3 · top 14.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2007 · 2007BAIL01

Alex Bailey has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.25, set at Iowa Open 2010, puts him in the top 14.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,897th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since October 2007, he has put 72 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.15 in October 2007 to 12.25, a 36% improvement. Alex has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 14.8% of 284,439 all-time
12.25
signature single · Iowa Open 2010
72
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.2515.21
top 14.8%7,897 / 59,724
2×23.164.83
top 16.1%6,312 / 40,951
4×41:15.811:17.68
top 52.4%8,860 / 19,072
5×52:26.692:46.85
top 64.2%5,576 / 9,401
Square-11:16.971:43.37
early days — 3 solves6,227 / 6,743

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

Minnesota Open 2007: 19.15Minnesota Open 2008: 15.25Iowa Open 2010: 12.2512.2519.1527 Oct 200724 Apr 2010

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.