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Alex J. Wood
Pyraminx · top 43.7% of 130,891 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025WOOD16
Alex J. Wood has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 8.87, set at Cubing in the Woods OH 2026, puts him in the top 43.7% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,739th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since August 2025, he has put 81 official solves on the record across seven events. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.44 in August 2025 to 26.94, a 32% improvement. Alex has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 8.87 | 12.47 | top 43.7% | 12,739 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 26.94 | 36.19 | top 56.8% | 34,025 / 60,666 | |
| Clock | 22.89 | 25.94 | top 72.2% | 6,428 / 9,172 | |
| Skewb | 14.48 | 22.51 | top 76.6% | 14,768 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 9.83 | 11.57 | top 77.2% | 32,530 / 41,674 | |
| Megaminx | 3:23.80 | — | top 82.0% | 6,660 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 2:14.71 | — | early days — 3 solves | 16,827 / 19,354 |
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
- 23 May 2026Six personal bests in one day at Cubing in the Woods OH 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025First sub-30 3×3: 28.69 at Oberlin Big Cubes 2025.
- 15 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Oberlin Big Cubes 2025.
- 15 Aug 2025First competition: Michigan Championship 2025. A 39.44 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bowling Green Fall 2026 · 3 Oct 2026
- Cubing in the Woods OH 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Oberlin Big Cubes 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Michigan Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025
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.
- Xavier Ye — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jack Pfeifer — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dominic Burger — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 47,369 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 151,957 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.