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Alex Breinan

3×3 · top 41.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014BREI01

Alex Breinan has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.43, set at Harvard Fall 2014, puts him in the top 41.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23,462nd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since October 2014, he has put 55 official solves on the record across five events. Alex has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 41.2% of 284,439 all-time
20.43
signature single · Harvard Fall 2014
55
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×320.4327.27
top 41.2%23,462 / 59,724
Pyraminx9.2114.23
top 46.7%13,430 / 28,708
2×27.357.46
top 63.2%26,016 / 40,951
Skewb15.9130.86
top 81.1%15,507 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed1:18.09
early days — 2 solves14,136 / 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

Harvard Fall 2014: 20.43Lexington Fall 2014: 22.29MIT Fall 2014: 21.7120.4322.2911 Oct 20146 Dec 2014

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.