People · United Kingdom
Alex Burns
Pyraminx · top 3.1% of 130,891 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017BURN05
Alex Burns has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.83, set at UK Championship 2019, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 125th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since November 2017, he has put 399 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 98% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.35 in November 2017 to 8.63, a 44% improvement. Alex has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.83 | 4.12 | top 3.1% | 125 / 3,704 | |
| 3×3 | 8.63 | 11.91 | top 4.0% | 334 / 6,785 | |
| 2×2 | 2.16 | 5.21 | top 5.9% | 424 / 4,946 | |
| Square-1 | 10.24 | 16.34 | top 6.5% | 62 / 789 | |
| 4×4 | 38.98 | 42.75 | top 11.0% | 261 / 2,112 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.70 | 1:25.78 | top 13.7% | 187 / 1,167 | |
| Skewb | 4.98 | 14.72 | top 18.0% | 433 / 2,439 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.64 | 22.73 | top 19.6% | 375 / 1,861 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:35.83 | — | early days — 1 solve | 111 / 315 | |
| Megaminx | 1:26.50 | 1:40.03 | top 26.0% | 306 / 998 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | 43.67 | top 30.1% | 132 / 372 | |
| 6×6 | 2:39.11 | 2:50.27 | top 30.3% | 184 / 560 | |
| 7×7 | 4:45.96 | 5:09.69 | top 46.5% | 228 / 463 | |
| Clock | 26.86 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,019 / 1,255 |
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
- 25 Oct 2019Nine personal bests in one day at UK Championship 2019.
- 24 Aug 2019First sub-10 3×3: 8.63 at August Bank Holiday Celebration 2019.
- 24 Aug 2019Seven personal bests in one day at August Bank Holiday Celebration 2019.
- 15 Dec 2018Five personal bests in one day at Cambridge Open 2018.
- 26 Oct 2018Ten personal bests in one day at UK Championship 2018.
- 22 Sep 2018Four personal bests in one day at Stratford-upon-Avon Open 2018.
Competitions
- UK Championship 2019 · 25 Oct 2019 — 9 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Celebration 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- FMC 2019 · 15 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- FMC Europe 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cambridge Open 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2018 · 26 Oct 2018 — 10 personal bests set
- Stratford-upon-Avon Open 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Competition 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Hastings Open 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- FMC Europe 2018 · 10 Mar 2018
- Weston-super-Mare Open 2017 · 25 Nov 2017 — 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.
- Robert Yau — met in 91 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Fabio Schwandt — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Charlie Stark — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.