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Alex Loughley

Pyraminx · top 6.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017LOUG01

Alex Loughley has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.70, set at Garrettsville G-Men Classic 2019, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,609th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since June 2017, he has put 217 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.95 in June 2017 to 16.85, a 61% improvement. Alex has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 6.3% of 129,321 all-time
3.70
signature single · Garrettsville G-Men Classic 2019
217
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx3.708.29
top 6.3%1,609 / 28,708
Skewb6.4912.64
top 29.6%4,866 / 18,907
3×316.8520.02
top 30.5%16,814 / 59,724
2×24.987.03
top 39.1%15,694 / 40,951
Clock19.10
early days — 2 solves5,237 / 8,927
4×41:32.72
top 65.6%11,597 / 19,072
Square-11:20.76
early days — 2 solves6,319 / 6,743

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

Queen City 2017: 42.95Howland High Fall 2017: 36.11Husky Showdown 2018: 29.71Shaker Spring 2018: 31.14Flag City Spring 2018: 32.36Holy Toledo Summer 2018: 33.83Cubing For LLS Fall 2018: 26.92Flag City Fall 2018: 26.98Garrettsville G-Men Classic 2019: 25.18Kent State Taco Bash 2019: 21.86Cuyahoga Cubing 2019: 16.85Flag City Fall 2019: 20.28Kent Fall 2019: 22.19Garrettsville G-Men Classic 2020: 17.6216.8542.953 Jun 20171 Feb 2020

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 0.70 away.
  • A sub-6 Skewb single — 18,841 people have one; it is 0.49 away.

Targets move as he improves.