People · United States
Alex Boland
3×3 · top 20.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022BOLA07
Alex Boland has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.83, set at UMBC Winter 2024, puts him in the top 20.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,981st in the United States. Across 7 competitions since December 2022, he has put 173 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.01 in December 2022 to 13.83, a 31% improvement. Alex has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 13.83 | 16.34 | top 20.4% | 10,981 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.01 | 11.71 | top 27.9% | 7,686 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 5.36 | 8.47 | top 43.7% | 17,637 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 34.28 | 51.69 | top 57.2% | 3,774 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 1:38.96 | — | top 69.9% | 12,533 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 12.89 | 19.82 | top 70.2% | 13,195 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 47.21 | 1:00.91 | top 74.0% | 10,721 / 15,683 |
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
- 31 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Summer 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.83 at UMBC Winter 2024.
- 25 Feb 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.56 at Pretzel Mania 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Six personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania 2023.
- 3 Dec 2022First competition: Happy Valley Fall 2022. A 21.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- UMBC Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- NoVa Cube Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
- Cougar Qualifier 2023 · 29 Apr 2023
- Slow N Steady Spring 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Happy Valley Fall 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 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.
- Samuel Brooks Dowdy — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Will Callan — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rich Tayag — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.