People · United States
Alex Macias
3×3 · top 12.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017MACI01
Alex Macias has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.69, set at UCSD Winter 2023, puts him in the top 12.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,870th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since February 2017, he has put 97 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.21 in February 2017 to 11.69, a 50% improvement. Alex has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.69 | 13.20 | top 12.8% | 6,870 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 52.95 | 1:01.04 | top 28.3% | 4,388 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.13 | 36.40 | top 29.1% | 3,767 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 5.33 | 6.21 | top 43.4% | 17,479 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 9.80 | 14.99 | top 53.7% | 9,698 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 49.28 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,985 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 11 Jun 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.60 at UCSD Summer 2017.
- 25 Mar 2017First sub-20 3×3: 18.26 at Qualifornia 2017.
- 25 Feb 2017First competition: Caltech Winter 2017. A 23.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCSD Winter 2024 · 7 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Winter 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- TF3I San Diego 2017 · 5 Nov 2017
- Newport Fall 2017 · 7 Oct 2017
- UCSD Summer 2017 · 11 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- OCSEF Open 2017 · 23 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Qualifornia 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Winter 2017 · 25 Feb 2017
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.
- Shane Grogan — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- Michael Young — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Max Park — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 2.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.