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Alex J. Barbecho

3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023BARB09

Alex J. Barbecho has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.36, set at Cubing in Mount Kisco 2024, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,954th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since April 2023, he has put 563 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.52 in April 2023 to 8.36, a 52% improvement. Alex has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time
8.36
signature single · Cubing in Mount Kisco 2024
563
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.3610.39
top 3.4%1,954 / 59,724
2×21.942.97
top 4.4%1,731 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed13.1521.92
top 4.6%671 / 15,683
Pyraminx4.659.42
top 11.1%2,892 / 28,708
4×442.5552.13
top 15.2%2,284 / 19,072
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves46.33
top 26.7%586 / 2,040
5×51:30.021:35.38
top 27.3%2,139 / 9,401
Skewb7.1310.61
top 34.7%5,862 / 18,907
3×3 blindfolded2:34.723:05.36
top 44.8%962 / 2,092
Megaminx2:02.23—
top 47.0%3,469 / 7,841
Square-128.9143.95
top 47.4%3,084 / 6,743
Clock18.2021.49
top 59.4%4,982 / 8,927
6×64:49.96—
early days — 3 solves3,180 / 4,196
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 12:39—
early days — 2 solves605 / 731
7×78:20.86—
early days — 1 solve2,919 / 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

Cape Cod 2023: 17.52Connecticut Spring 2023: 13.84CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023: 16.94Newark's On Track 2023: 14.33Empire State Fall Favorites 2023: 13.11Hudson Valley 2023: 11.51Connecticut Winter 2024: 10.78Parsippany Mini AM 2024: 11.48Cubing in Mount Kisco 2024: 8.36Ridgefield Spring 2024: 11.03Edgemont Cubing 2024: 9.65Spring into Summit 2024: 9.64Westport Summer 2024: 9.63Hudson Valley Summer 2024: 10.26Kisco Cubing 2025: 8.70American Dream NJ 2025: 9.78Berkshires Cube Day at BART 2026: 8.82Catskills Summer 2026: 9.958.3617.5222 Apr 202329 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.

  • Evan Liu — met in 117 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
  • Ryan Hughes — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
  • Rex Ozsvath — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 20 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.