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Alex Hontz
3×3 · top 14.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2012 · 2012HONT01
Alex Hontz has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.26, set at NovaCube 2018, puts him in the top 14.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,912th in the United States. Across 32 competitions since January 2012, he has put 527 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.19 in January 2012 to 12.26, a 75% improvement. Alex has entered 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.26 | 14.29 | top 14.8% | 7,912 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.39 | 5.72 | top 18.9% | 7,396 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.56 | 11.17 | top 24.3% | 6,621 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 7.29 | 10.95 | top 35.9% | 6,098 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.16 | 37.12 | top 44.7% | 6,041 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:22.25 | 1:44.74 | top 57.7% | 9,967 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 22.32 | 28.09 | top 70.9% | 6,133 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 44.99 | 1:17.42 | top 71.0% | 4,662 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 47 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,479 / 2,040 | |
| Megaminx | 6:55.58 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,831 / 7,841 |
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
- 26 May 2018Three personal bests in one day at Tea Time Spring 2018.
- 9 Sep 2017Four personal bests in one day at ODU Big Blue Fall 2017.
- 2 Sep 2017Five personal bests in one day at Rally In The Valley 2017.
- 5 Aug 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.44 at Severna Park Summer 2017.
- 2 Apr 2017First sub-20 3×3: 17.70 at Slow N Steady Spring 2017.
- 2 Apr 2017Three personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady Spring 2017.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- First State 2018 · 14 Jul 2018
- Maryland 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Rally In The Valley 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Tea Time Spring 2018 · 26 May 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- River Hill Spring 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Rockville Qualifier 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- NovaCube 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Incredible Pencil Mania 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- TJHSST Fall 2017 · 11 Nov 2017
- Maryland 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Fall 2017 · 9 Sep 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Rally In The Valley 2017 · 2 Sep 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Severna Park Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2017 · 2 Apr 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2014 · 1 Aug 2014
- Slow 'n Steady Fall 2013 · 9 Nov 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2013 · 12 Oct 2013
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013
- Newark Head to Head 2013 · 18 May 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2013 · 13 Apr 2013
- River Hill Winter 2013 · 16 Feb 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Carnegie Mellon Fall 2012 · 8 Dec 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Levittown Open 2012 · 1 Dec 2012
- Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2012 · 13 Oct 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2012 · 22 Sep 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Raleigh Open 2012 · 21 Jul 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Summer 2012 · 16 Jun 2012 — 3 personal bests set
- Newark Head to Head 2012 · 25 Feb 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Winter 2012 · 21 Jan 2012
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.
- Corey Sakowski — met in 129 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tommy Szeliga — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Will Callan — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.