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Alex Barkley
3×3 · top 0.46% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2020 · 2020BARK01
Alex Barkley has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.95, set at Kansas Cubing Open Spring 2022, puts him in the top 0.46% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 300th in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since February 2020, he has put 169 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.37 in February 2020 to 5.95, an 80% improvement. Alex has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 5.95 | 7.88 | top 0.46% | 300 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 1.70 | 3.43 | top 3.1% | 1,192 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 11.02 | 15.86 | top 8.0% | 580 / 6,743 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.24 | 6.14 | top 8.9% | 2,289 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 38.52 | 41.80 | top 10.4% | 1,539 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:07.83 | 1:13.13 | top 14.4% | 970 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 5.52 | 7.85 | top 22.1% | 3,522 / 18,907 |
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
- 7 May 2022Four personal bests in one day at Kansas Cubing Open Spring 2022.
- 23 Apr 2022Four personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Spring 2022.
- 5 Feb 2022First sub-20 3×3: 7.45 at Kansas Cubing Open Winter 2022.
- 5 Feb 2022First sub-15 3×3: 7.45 at Kansas Cubing Open Winter 2022.
- 5 Feb 2022First sub-10 3×3: 7.45 at Kansas Cubing Open Winter 2022.
- 5 Feb 2022Four personal bests in one day at Kansas Cubing Open Winter 2022.
Competitions
- Cashew Cubing 2022 · 2 Jul 2022
- Kansas Cubing Open Spring 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Kansas Cubing Open Winter 2022 · 5 Feb 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Trinity Valley Spring 2020 · 22 Feb 2020
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kevin Reyes-Velazquez — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Jordan Nguyen — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.