People · Australia
Alex Baker
3×3 · top 6.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023BAKE07
Alex Baker has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.65, set at Perth Puzzle Party 2026, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 600th in Australia. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2023, he has put 248 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.88 in March 2023 to 9.65, a 43% improvement. Alex has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.65 | 11.98 | top 6.5% | 600 / 11,709 | |
| Skewb | 4.53 | 8.57 | top 14.7% | 385 / 3,534 | |
| 2×2 | 3.10 | 5.23 | top 15.4% | 1,181 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:15.41 | — | top 18.0% | 90 / 394 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.18 | 22.78 | top 18.3% | 404 / 2,659 | |
| Clock | 8.85 | 13.13 | top 19.2% | 214 / 1,095 | |
| 4×4 | 49.55 | 54.99 | top 24.2% | 605 / 3,051 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.07 | 11.07 | top 28.4% | 1,476 / 5,993 | |
| 5×5 | 1:42.33 | 2:03.48 | top 37.1% | 496 / 1,356 | |
| Square-1 | 31.06 | 45.40 | top 51.3% | 505 / 899 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 5 of 7 cubes · 54:47 | — | early days — 2 solves | 108 / 180 | |
| Megaminx | 2:46.32 | 3:11.85 | top 68.7% | 893 / 1,277 | |
| 7×7 | 6:29.59 | — | early days — 1 solve | 361 / 523 | |
| 6×6 | 4:56.15 | — | early days — 1 solve | 519 / 641 |
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
- 16 May 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.65 at Perth Puzzle Party 2026.
- 16 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Perth Puzzle Party 2026.
- 13 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at WA State Championship 2025.
- 24 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Perth Autumn 2025.
- 5 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 10.61 at Freo Cube-Off 2025.
- 5 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Freo Cube-Off 2025.
Competitions
- Jog Your Memory Joondalup 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Perth Puzzle Party 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Move It Midland 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- WA State Championship 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Mandurah Madness 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Jog Your Memory Joondalup 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Perth Autumn 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Keep Up Karrinyup 2025 · 4 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Freo Cube-Off 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Hurry Up Karrinyup 2023 · 19 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Amy Smith — met in 65 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jaxon Foster — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Regan Roberts — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.65 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.