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Alex Kelly
Pyraminx · top 4.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022KELL03
Alex Kelly has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.32, set at Irish Championship 2022, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 69th in Ireland. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2022, he has put 668 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.89 in April 2022 to 9.52, a 40% improvement. Alex has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.32 | 5.81 | top 4.8% | 69 / 911 | |
| 3×3 | 9.52 | 11.23 | top 6.2% | 96 / 1,427 | |
| Skewb | 3.70 | 5.29 | top 8.9% | 58 / 624 | |
| 2×2 | 2.65 | 3.78 | top 10.4% | 148 / 1,163 | |
| 4×4 | 45.28 | 53.88 | top 18.6% | 101 / 579 | |
| Megaminx | 2:00.71 | — | top 46.0% | 132 / 283 | |
| Square-1 | 28.90 | 41.00 | top 47.4% | 99 / 194 | |
| 5×5 | 2:02.08 | 2:19.37 | top 50.5% | 145 / 296 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.93 | 42.22 | top 53.2% | 205 / 448 | |
| Clock | 18.01 | 20.22 | top 58.8% | 210 / 331 | |
| 6×6 | 5:43.68 | — | early days — 1 solve | 127 / 142 |
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
- 16 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Turnin' Offaly Fast 2024.
- 7 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Irish Championship 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.87 at Cork Spring 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Eight personal bests in one day at Cork Spring 2023.
- 27 Nov 2022Four personal bests in one day at Tuam Open Sunday 2022.
- 4 Nov 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Irish Championship 2022.
Competitions
- Turnin' Offaly Fast 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Gort-a Go Fast 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Cats Sunday 2023 · 6 Aug 2023
- Irish Championship 2023 · 7 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Turnin' in Termonfeckin Sunday 2023 · 12 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cork Spring 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 8 personal bests set
- Tuam Open Sunday 2022 · 27 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2022 · 4 Nov 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Dublin Open Saturday 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 8 personal bests set
- Seaside Solving Sunday 2022 · 10 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Tymon Szalinski — met in 114 rounds, finished ahead 70 times
- Ben Timmons — met in 112 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
- Conor Smith — met in 99 rounds, finished ahead 52 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.