People · United States
Alex Mason
3×3 · top 15.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2007 · 2007MASO01
Alex Mason has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.53, set at Fort Lee Winter 2009, puts him in the top 15.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,442nd in the United States. Across 10 competitions since November 2007, he has put 264 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.18 in November 2007 to 12.53, a 17% improvement. Alex has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 12.53 | 15.45 | top 15.7% | 8,442 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.56 | 23.78 | top 27.5% | 3,553 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 4.97 | 6.33 | top 39.0% | 15,629 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:56.43 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,403 / 2,092 | |
| Pyraminx | 21.86 | 45.46 | top 94.8% | 27,670 / 28,708 |
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
- 6 Mar 2010Three personal bests in one day at MIT Spring 2010.
- 13 Jun 2009Three personal bests in one day at Dallas Open 2009.
- 7 Mar 2009Three personal bests in one day at Fort Lee Winter 2009.
- 19 Jul 2008First sub-15 3×3: 14.28 at US Nationals and Open 2008.
- 19 Jul 2008Four personal bests in one day at US Nationals and Open 2008.
- 10 Nov 2007First competition: Caltech Fall competition 2007. A 20.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- MIT Fall 2011 · 17 Dec 2011
- MIT Spring 2011 · 5 Mar 2011
- MIT Fall 2010 · 13 Nov 2010
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010
- MIT Spring 2010 · 6 Mar 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- MIT Fall 2009 · 14 Nov 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Dallas Open 2009 · 13 Jun 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Fort Lee Winter 2009 · 7 Mar 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- US Nationals and Open 2008 · 19 Jul 2008 — 4 personal bests set
- Caltech Fall competition 2007 · 10 Nov 2007 — 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.
- Rowe Hessler — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Kian Barry — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Bob Burton — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 2.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.