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Alex Howell

Pyraminx · top 4.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022HOWE02

Alex Howell has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.18, set at Pretzel Mania Denver 2024, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,127th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since August 2022, he has put 771 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 51.46 in August 2022 to 15.46, a 70% improvement. Alex has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 4.3% of 129,321 all-time
3.18
signature single · Pretzel Mania Denver 2024
771
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx3.188.63
top 4.3%1,127 / 28,708
2×23.646.70
top 21.9%8,593 / 40,951
3×315.4620.86
top 26.0%14,148 / 59,724
Skewb6.599.90
top 30.4%5,011 / 18,907
Megaminx1:52.432:02.27
top 41.8%3,030 / 7,841
4×41:17.591:40.84
top 53.9%9,166 / 19,072
3×3 Fewest Moves42 moves—
early days — 1 solve1,178 / 2,040
Square-137.3046.65
top 61.8%4,075 / 6,743
5×52:24.453:10.92
top 63.2%5,468 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed40.0048.33
top 65.3%9,263 / 15,683
Clock20.2826.66
top 65.5%5,596 / 8,927
6×65:33.796:18.77
top 87.4%3,595 / 4,196
7×711:13.00—
early days — 1 solve3,157 / 3,184

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

Pueblo Puzzling 2022: 51.46Cubing in The Springs 2022: 38.56LoCo Cubing AM 2022: 34.93Bundle Up Broomfield 2023: 30.27High Plains Solving 2023: 29.13Mile High Megacomp 2023: 32.78Colorado Waffle Jostle 2023: 31.64Summer Solving Colorado 2023: 22.88FoCo Cubing 2023: 28.28Don't Fall Off Pikes Peak 2023: 20.41Unorthodox Blocks Colorado 2023: 30.15Centennial State Cube-Off 2023: 24.56Colorado Pastacomp 2023: 23.05The Art of the Cube Colorado 2023: 26.35CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 20.78Colorado Cold Hands Showdown 2023: 19.59Happy Holidays Colorado 2023: 20.97DeNxNver 2024: 19.27Barely Awake Boulder 2024: 19.18Oredigger Open 2024: 22.27Spring Madness Colorado 2024: 19.07Cherry on Top Colorado AM 2024: 21.48Pretzel Mania Denver 2024: 18.19Colorado Mountain Tour - Avon 2024: 19.54Colorado Mountain Tour - Glenwood Springs 2024: 15.67Back to School Colorado 2024: 19.66Cubing with an Altitude Colorado 2024: 20.51Golden Touch 2024: 22.17Colorado Championship 2024: 16.24Centennial State Cube Off 2024: 19.86Boulder Holiday Bash 2025: 15.46A Little Fun in Littleton Colorado 2025: 22.61DeNxNver 2025: 19.87Oredigger Open CO 2026: 25.1615.4651.4613 Aug 20228 Feb 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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.