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Alex Buchanan
3×3 · top 31.8% of 288,433 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 31.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,146th in the United Kingdom. Across 6 competitions since September 2025, he has put 129 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.12 in September 2025 to 17.21, a 34% improvement. Alex has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 20.19 | top 31.8% | 2,146 / 6,785 | |
| 2×2 | 4.51 | 6.59 | top 33.1% | 1,781 / 4,946 | |
| Clock | 16.54 | — | early days — 3 solves | 714 / 1,255 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.60 | 14.60 | top 57.6% | 2,319 / 3,704 | |
| Skewb | 11.25 | 16.58 | top 62.2% | 1,523 / 2,439 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 44.89 | 57.42 | top 71.5% | 1,257 / 1,861 | |
| 4×4 | 1:48.14 | 2:05.74 | top 75.7% | 1,740 / 2,112 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Falkirk Autumn 2026.
- 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
- Falkirk Autumn 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- 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.
- Bella Campbell — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jamie Haazen — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Theo Leyton — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 2.21 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.