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Alex Cullen

2×2 · top 9.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016CULL02

Alex Cullen has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.54, set at Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 135th in Ireland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since June 2016, he has put 638 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.29 in June 2016 to 13.84, a 67% improvement. Alex has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 9.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.54
signature single · Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026
638
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 50% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
2×22.544.90
top 9.3%135 / 1,163
Pyraminx4.748.57
top 11.6%151 / 911
Skewb5.138.17
top 19.2%131 / 624
3×313.8417.27
top 20.4%290 / 1,427
Clock11.8215.96
top 34.1%117 / 331
3×3 one-handed25.2636.93
top 34.9%130 / 448
Square-125.5132.56
top 40.2%85 / 194
4×41:03.881:08.13
top 40.5%194 / 579
Megaminx2:00.202:30.42
top 45.8%131 / 283
5×52:10.362:24.91
top 55.7%160 / 296
6×64:35.24—
top 75.9%111 / 142
7×78:28.65—
early days — 1 solve103 / 108

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

Irish Championship 2016: 42.29Irish Championship 2017: 22.29Dublin Open 2017: 22.55Irish Championship 2018: 20.51Irish Championship 2019: 16.72Don't DNF Dublin 2020: 17.03Meath for Speed 2024: 18.00Termonfeckin Fast 2025: 21.82Solving by the Barrow 2025: 18.61Lets Go Carlow 2026: 16.48TUD Unscramble Day 2026: 20.99UCD Cube Days 2026: 15.62Lets Go Back to Carlow 2026: 15.93Re-Laois the Cubers 2026: 17.30Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 16.61Rubik's Irish Championship 2026: 13.84Éire 100 2026: 16.8713.8442.2925 Jun 201622 Aug 2026

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.74 away.

Targets move as he improves.