People · Ireland
Alex Brett
3×3 · top 7.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023BRET04
Alex Brett has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.88, set at Rubik's Irish Championship 2025, puts him in the top 7.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 118th in Ireland. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since May 2023, he has put 389 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 10 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.97 in May 2023 to 9.88, a 57% improvement. Alex has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.88 | 12.29 | top 7.2% | 118 / 1,465 | |
| 2×2 | 2.38 | 3.66 | top 7.8% | 120 / 1,190 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.85 | 12.50 | top 12.3% | 159 / 924 | |
| Clock | 10.92 | 14.16 | top 29.6% | 105 / 342 | |
| 4×4 | 55.28 | 1:05.15 | top 31.2% | 151 / 586 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.14 | 34.74 | top 39.8% | 156 / 454 | |
| 5×5 | 2:10.50 | 2:14.18 | top 55.9% | 165 / 300 | |
| Skewb | 10.85 | 12.67 | top 60.0% | 400 / 632 | |
| Megaminx | 3:30.36 | — | early days — 2 solves | 256 / 288 |
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
- 15 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.88 at Rubik's Irish Championship 2025.
- 24 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at Cork Spring 2024.
- 2 Dec 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.96 at Don't Fail Kinsale 2023.
- 2 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Don't Fail Kinsale 2023.
- 4 Nov 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.71 at Tuam Winter 2023.
- 4 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Tuam Winter 2023.
Competitions
- TUD Unscramble Day 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cork Spring 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- Lets Go Carlow 2026 · 7 Feb 2026
- Solving by the Barrow 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Re-Laois the Cubers 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Let's Go Carlow 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cork Spring 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
- Marble City Cubing IE 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Don't Fail Kinsale 2024 · 30 Nov 2024
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024
- Please Be Qualified Ireland 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- 50 and Counting Ireland 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Turnin' Offaly Fast 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
- Cork Spring 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Don't Fail Kinsale 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Tuam Winter 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- West Side Cube Clash 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2023 · 13 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.
- Lucas Patrick Dowling — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Tymon Szalinski — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Mary Hennessy — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.88 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.