People · United States
Alex Hancock
2×2 · top 2.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022HANC02
Alex Hancock has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.58, set at Turning in Corning 2025, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 989th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since April 2022, he has put 346 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.54 in April 2022 to 9.40, a 35% improvement. Alex has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.58 | 4.73 | top 2.5% | 989 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 9.40 | 11.22 | top 5.8% | 3,243 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.95 | 8.92 | top 19.6% | 5,234 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 52.21 | 58.22 | top 27.4% | 4,233 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.82 | 28.17 | top 31.0% | 4,012 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 11.26 | 13.87 | top 31.4% | 2,466 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 1:36.15 | 1:45.35 | top 32.1% | 2,274 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 25.28 | 31.47 | top 39.7% | 2,575 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,031 / 2,040 | |
| 5×5 | 2:07.39 | 2:36.29 | top 53.9% | 4,560 / 9,401 |
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 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Corning Summer 2026.
- 21 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.40 at ROC the Cube NY 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025Five personal bests in one day at ROC the Cube NY 2025.
- 10 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at ROC the Cube 2023.
- 30 Apr 2022First competition: Empire State Spring 2022. A 14.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Corning Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Elmira Winter 2026 · 7 Feb 2026
- Elmira Miracle 2025 · 21 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Turning in Corning 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ithaca Summer 2025 · 2 Aug 2025
- ROC the Cube NY 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Binghamton Cube Day 2024 · 16 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- ROC the Cube 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- ROC the Cube 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Flower City Cube Fest 2022 · 30 Jul 2022
- Pennsylvania Championship 2022 · 17 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- ROC the Cube 2022 · 4 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Spring 2022 · 30 Apr 2022
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.
- Evan Liu — met in 73 rounds, never finished ahead
- Louis Truong — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Ethan Qiu — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.