People · Canada
Alex Braun
3×3 · top 17.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023BRAU01
Alex Braun has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.15, set at Winnipeg Open 2024, puts him in the top 17.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,694th in Canada. Across 3 competitions since May 2023, he has put 87 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.31 in May 2023 to 13.15, a 14% improvement. Alex has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.15 | 17.50 | top 17.9% | 1,694 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.89 | 8.02 | top 19.2% | 786 / 4,858 | |
| 2×2 | 4.28 | 5.06 | top 30.1% | 2,043 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.38 | 1:22.41 | top 44.3% | 1,204 / 3,118 | |
| Skewb | 8.56 | 15.07 | top 45.4% | 1,198 / 2,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 46.57 | 57.59 | top 73.3% | 1,773 / 2,620 | |
| 5×5 | 2:49.20 | — | top 74.3% | 1,012 / 1,499 |
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
- 17 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.15 at Winnipeg Open 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Winterpeg 2024.
- 6 May 2023First competition: FargoDome 2023. A 15.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Winnipeg Open 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Winterpeg 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- FargoDome 2023 · 6 May 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.
- Walker Welch — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shain Papalotl Longbehn — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Myles Tremaine — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.