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Alex Candiotes

3×3 · top 71.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014CAND03

Alex Candiotes has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 35.40, set at Pops Toys Summer 2015, puts him in the top 71.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,252nd in South Africa. Across 3 competitions since November 2014, he has put 30 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.83 in November 2014 to 35.40, a 19% improvement. Alex has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 71.1% of 284,439 all-time
35.40
signature single · Pops Toys Summer 2015
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×335.4043.96
top 71.1%1,252 / 2,164
Pyraminx12.8116.87
top 71.9%628 / 946
2×29.7518.41
top 76.9%944 / 1,510

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

Johannesburg 2014: 43.83Pops Toys Summer 2015: 35.40Tuks Open 2015: 40.7535.4043.8323 Nov 201428 Mar 2015

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 5.40 away.
  • A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 86,891 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.