People · Canada
Alex Crouse
2×2 · top 9.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019CROU01
Alex Crouse has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.53, set at Edmonton Summer Twist 2022, puts him in the top 9.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 596th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since June 2019, he has put 301 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.45 in June 2019 to 13.18, a 58% improvement. Alex has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.53 | 5.37 | top 9.2% | 596 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.31 | 8.66 | top 15.1% | 599 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 | 13.18 | 16.52 | top 18.1% | 1,706 / 10,392 | |
| Skewb | 5.59 | 9.00 | top 22.6% | 542 / 2,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.36 | 39.04 | top 29.7% | 663 / 2,620 | |
| Square-1 | 21.81 | 29.52 | top 32.1% | 278 / 952 | |
| 4×4 | 59.55 | 1:08.97 | top 36.0% | 954 / 3,118 | |
| Megaminx | 1:43.50 | 2:01.63 | top 36.8% | 384 / 1,375 | |
| 5×5 | 2:10.09 | — | top 55.5% | 732 / 1,499 | |
| Clock | 19.22 | 28.55 | top 62.4% | 594 / 1,029 | |
| 6×6 | 4:27.51 | — | early days — 1 solve | 430 / 665 | |
| 7×7 | 6:50.55 | — | early days — 1 solve | 365 / 503 |
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
- 13 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Canadian Championship 2023.
- 21 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at Edmonton Summer Twist 2022.
- 30 Jul 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.49 at Spruce Grove Summer 2022.
- 30 Jul 2022Six personal bests in one day at Spruce Grove Summer 2022.
- 18 Jan 2020Six personal bests in one day at Alberta 5th Anniversary 2020.
- 7 Dec 2019Four personal bests in one day at No 3x3x3 Cambridge 2019.
Competitions
- Canadian Championship 2023 · 13 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Rockies Rager Fall 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Edmonton Summer Twist 2022 · 21 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Spruce Grove Summer 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Calgary Side Events 2020 · 7 Mar 2020
- Alberta 5th Anniversary 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 6 personal bests set
- No 3x3x3 Cambridge 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Battle of Waterloo 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Canadian Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Newmarket Open 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
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.
- Lucas Kuczaj — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Alex Mutch — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Kabir Johal — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.