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Alex Braunsdorf

Square-1 · top 0.55% of 25,272 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019BRAU04

Alex Braunsdorf has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 5.63, set at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.55% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 54th in the United States. Until July 2018, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since November 2019, he has put 971 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.20 in November 2019 to 8.70, a 52% improvement. Alex has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 0.55% of 25,272 all-time
5.63
signature single · CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026
971
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Square-15.638.71
top 0.55%54 / 6,743
3×38.7010.03
top 4.2%2,331 / 59,724
Pyraminx3.215.29
top 4.4%1,147 / 28,708
5×557.641:07.33
top 4.4%359 / 9,401
4×432.8837.12
top 4.9%763 / 19,072
2×22.123.84
top 5.6%2,232 / 40,951
6×62:11.142:15.18
top 15.8%564 / 4,196
Megaminx1:11.201:18.69
top 16.4%1,122 / 7,841
7×73:29.753:40.01
top 19.7%557 / 3,184
Clock9.3914.78
top 21.9%1,692 / 8,927
Skewb5.6410.88
top 23.0%3,681 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed24.9730.43
top 34.1%4,504 / 15,683
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves—
top 44.7%969 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded4:33.62—
top 75.1%1,559 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 28:43—
early days — 2 solves664 / 731

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

Flag City Fall 2019: 18.20Garrettsville G-Men Classic 2020: 13.76Eastwood Mall Summer 2024: 9.74Dublin Ohio Summer PM 2024: 11.04CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 9.66Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024: 9.73Ohio State Fall 2024: 10.90Ohio State Winter 2025: 8.70Many Cubes in Mansfield 2025: 9.30Gem City Pre-Flight Warm Up OH 2025: 10.88Ohio State Summer 2025: 8.81CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025: 9.94Cubing by the Kings OH 2025: 9.24Locked in Clocked in Coshocton 2025: 9.81Ohio Championship 2025: 9.68Ohio State Winter 2026: 10.55Lewis Center Side Events 2026: 9.18CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026: 8.88Ohio State Summer Warm Up 2026: 9.11Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 9.33Ohio State Summer Mini 2026: 9.20Kids America Coshocton Cube Clash 2026: 9.688.7018.209 Nov 20198 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 Square-1 single — 68 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.