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Alex Buchanan
3×3 · top 31.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025BUCH07
Alex Buchanan has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.21, set at Edinburgh Winter 2026, puts him in the top 31.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,116th in the United Kingdom. Across 5 competitions since September 2025, he has put 87 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.12 in September 2025 to 17.21, a 34% improvement. Alex has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.21 | 21.16 | top 31.7% | 2,116 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 4.70 | 8.97 | top 35.5% | 1,880 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.60 | 14.60 | top 57.6% | 2,294 / 3,656 | |
| Skewb | 12.75 | 18.47 | top 69.6% | 1,698 / 2,421 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 44.89 | 1:04.51 | top 71.4% | 1,251 / 1,851 | |
| 4×4 | 2:08.28 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,891 / 2,071 |
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
- 27 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Farewell Strathclyde University 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026First sub-20 3×3: 17.21 at Edinburgh Winter 2026.
- 20 Sep 2025First competition: Edinburgh Autumn 2025. A 26.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Farewell Strathclyde University 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Falkirk Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Glasgow Autumn Open 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- Edinburgh Autumn 2025 · 20 Sep 2025
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.
- Maria Holton — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Bella Campbell — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jamie Haazen — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.21 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.