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Alex Bruso
3×3 · top 16.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2007 · 2007BRUS01
Alex Bruso has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.83, set at Princeton Fall 2011, puts him in the top 16.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,018th in the United States. Across 18 competitions since November 2007, he has put 379 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.15 in November 2007 to 12.83, a 61% improvement. Alex has entered 18 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.83 | 15.12 | top 16.8% | 9,018 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.53 | 6.27 | top 20.6% | 8,067 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 58.05 | 1:04.27 | top 34.4% | 5,518 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.02 | 33.23 | top 39.4% | 5,245 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.06 | 14.72 | top 45.4% | 13,049 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 2:15.88 | 4:25.65 | top 58.7% | 5,012 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 45 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,364 / 2,040 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:14.63 | — | top 81.5% | 1,688 / 2,092 | |
| Megaminx | 5:46.63 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,779 / 7,841 |
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
- 24 Sep 2011First sub-15 3×3: 12.83 at Princeton Fall 2011.
- 24 Sep 2011Three personal bests in one day at Princeton Fall 2011.
- 15 Jan 2011Five personal bests in one day at St. Joseph's College Winter 2011.
- 13 Nov 2010Three personal bests in one day at MIT Fall 2010.
- 6 Nov 2010Four personal bests in one day at Princeton Fall 2010.
- 6 Aug 2010First sub-20 3×3: 19.84 at United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010.
Competitions
- Empire State Winter A 2022 · 15 Jan 2022
- Empire State Summer A 2021 · 31 Jul 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2011 · 5 Nov 2011
- Harvard Fall 2011 · 22 Oct 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Fall 2011 · 24 Sep 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Captain's Cove competition 2011 · 28 May 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Newark Head to Head 2011 · 19 Mar 2011 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Spring 2011 · 5 Mar 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Brown Cubing Day 2011 · 5 Feb 2011
- St. Joseph's College Winter 2011 · 15 Jan 2011 — 5 personal bests set
- MIT Fall 2010 · 13 Nov 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2010 · 6 Nov 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- Long Island 2010 · 21 Aug 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010 — 5 personal bests set
- Captain's Cove competition 2010 · 29 May 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Open 2008 · 22 Mar 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- Kearny Kardinal competition 2008 · 16 Feb 2008 — 3 personal bests set
- Pleasantville Fall competition 2007 · 3 Nov 2007
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.
- Mike Kotch — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Bob Burton — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
- Kian Barry — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.