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Alex Davani

2×2 · top 1.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013DAVA01

Alex Davani has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.23, set at Caltech Fall Open 2014, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 474th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 63 competitions since July 2013, he has put 1,747 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.49 in July 2013 to 9.08, a 64% improvement. Alex has entered 63 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.23
signature single · Caltech Fall Open 2014
1,747
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.233.40
top 1.1%474 / 40,951
3×39.0811.37
top 5.1%2,822 / 59,724
4×438.7039.52
top 10.6%1,562 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed17.2321.50
top 13.2%1,698 / 15,683
5×51:19.551:28.26
top 18.8%1,461 / 9,401
Square-116.4121.50
top 19.6%1,318 / 6,743
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves40.67
top 26.7%586 / 2,040
Skewb6.148.30
top 26.8%4,378 / 18,907
7×73:55.754:04.07
top 29.1%813 / 3,184
6×62:37.832:49.05
top 29.6%1,045 / 4,196
Pyraminx7.259.55
top 29.9%8,297 / 28,708
Clock13.9117.24
top 43.4%3,494 / 8,927
Megaminx2:03.452:14.03
top 47.7%3,538 / 7,841
3×3 blindfolded3:04.55—
top 53.7%1,139 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 18:30—
early days — 1 solve620 / 731

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

World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 25.49Nisei Week 2013: 26.36Antelope Valley Fall 2013: 19.53Caltech Fall Open 2013: 18.06Caltech Winter Open 2014: 16.97San Diego Summer Splash 2014: 13.44Newport Cube Day 2014: 15.59Antelope Valley Fall 2014: 13.87Caltech Fall Open 2014: 11.45Newport Winter Open 2014: 12.67Nub Open 2015: 13.41Caltech Winter Open 2015: 12.18BASC 5: Everything But 2x2 2015: 14.10Orange Coast Puzzle Meet 2015: 13.36San Diego Summer Splash 2015: 13.20SoCal Supercomp 2015: 13.67Irvine Fall 2015: 13.70Caltech Fall 2015: 12.64Nub Open 2016: 11.41Caltech Winter 2016: 11.99Newport Spring 2016: 10.62St. Francis II: GYM 2016: 11.71TFTI San Diego 2016: 11.86SoCal Supercomp 2016: 11.28US Nationals 2016: 12.80Newport Fall 2016: 9.61Caltech Winter 2017: 12.28Qualifornia 2017: 12.67Cerritos Open 2017: 10.62UCSD Summer 2017: 10.776.25 Bay Area 2017: 11.88Newport Fall 2017: 12.03Thanks Four The Invite 2018: 12.26SacCubing III 2018: 9.72Berkeley Winter 2018: 11.84Cerritos Open 2018: 10.24Thanks for the InFive 2018: 10.92A Bruin Cube Day 2018: 9.11CubingUSA Western Championship 2018: 10.68West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018: 11.43CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 10.14Nisei Week 2018: 11.29Anaheim Fall 2018: 10.87CubeChella 2018: 11.39Mudd Winter 2019: 10.54West LA Spring 2019: 9.08CubingUSA Western Championship 2019: 10.41Puget Sound Summer 2019: 10.54Nisei Week 2019: 10.49UCSD Winter 2020: 10.50West LA Winter 2020: 10.67Mudd Winter 2020: 10.00Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026: 13.249.0826.3626 Jul 201329 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.