People · United States
Alex Bajenov
3×3 · top 3.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022BAJE01
Alex Bajenov has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.37, set at Kent Summer 2023, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,010th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since May 2022, he has put 235 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.05 in May 2022 to 8.37, a 60% improvement. Alex has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.37 | 9.90 | top 3.5% | 2,010 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 49.32 | 51.98 | top 24.0% | 3,704 / 19,354 | |
| 2×2 | 3.98 | 4.83 | top 26.3% | 10,516 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 34 moves | 37.67 | early days — 3 solves | 593 / 2,059 | |
| Skewb | 6.86 | 10.51 | top 32.7% | 5,536 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.06 | 9.56 | top 36.7% | 10,565 / 29,168 | |
| Megaminx | 1:49.00 | 1:52.40 | top 39.9% | 2,951 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 1:49.32 | 2:06.89 | top 42.2% | 3,487 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.84 | 34.66 | top 48.6% | 6,745 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 39.85 | 1:23.84 | top 65.2% | 4,336 / 6,846 | |
| Clock | 23.54 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,577 / 9,172 | |
| 6×6 | 6:02.55 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,843 / 4,262 |
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
- 18 Feb 2023Five personal bests in one day at Sleepless in Seattle 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.79 at Lynnwood Winter 2023.
- 10 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Big Cubes in Bothell 2022.
- 15 Oct 2022Four personal bests in one day at New Kent On The Block 2022.
- 6 Aug 2022First sub-20 3×3: 14.81 at SnoCo Favorites 2022.
- 6 Aug 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.81 at SnoCo Favorites 2022.
Competitions
- Kent Summer 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- JAM FMC II 2023 · 19 Mar 2023
- Bothell Spring Open 2023 · 17 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Sleepless in Seattle 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Lynnwood Winter 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Cubes in Bothell 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- SnoCo Veteran's Weekend A 2022 · 11 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- New Kent On The Block 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- SnoCo NxN 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- SnoCo Favorites 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Odd Seattle Summer 2022 · 28 May 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.
- Peter Preston — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Max Siauw — met in 48 rounds, never finished ahead
- Timothy Castle — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 9.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.