People · United Kingdom
Alex Ironside
3×3 · top 56.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024IRON01
Alex Ironside has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 26.83, set at Edinburgh Winter 2026, puts him in the top 56.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,963rd in the United Kingdom. Across 6 competitions since March 2024, he has put 51 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.74 in March 2024 to 26.83, a 45% improvement. Alex has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 26.83 | 34.09 | top 56.5% | 3,963 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 8.24 | 15.71 | top 69.3% | 3,575 / 4,895 |
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
- 20 Sep 2025First sub-30 3×3: 27.78 at Edinburgh Autumn 2025.
- 2 Mar 2024First competition: Glasgow Spring 2024. A 48.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Edinburgh Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Autumn 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025 · 30 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Summer Beginners 2024 · 23 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Glasgow Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
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.
- Luke Rigg — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Gordon Rigg — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ryan Eckersley — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.