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Alex Mays
3×3 · top 8.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015MAYS01
Alex Mays has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.19, set at Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2019, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,409th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since July 2015, he has put 124 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.66 in July 2015 to 10.19, a 66% 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 | 10.19 | 14.03 | top 8.0% | 4,409 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.39 | 8.11 | top 9.6% | 2,499 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 45.27 | 58.38 | top 18.6% | 2,822 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 3.39 | 4.53 | top 18.9% | 7,396 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.32 | 38.53 | top 37.7% | 5,003 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 55 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,801 / 2,040 |
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 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2019.
- 7 Jul 2017Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2017.
- 25 Jun 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.50 at Indiana 2016.
- 25 Jun 2016Three personal bests in one day at Indiana 2016.
- 19 Dec 2015First sub-20 3×3: 16.55 at Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2015.
- 10 Jul 2015First competition: Michigan 2015. A 29.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2019 · 16 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Flag City Fall 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Michigan 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Indiana 2016 · 25 Jun 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2015 · 19 Dec 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Cubic Catastrophe 2015 · 22 Aug 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan 2015 · 10 Jul 2015
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.
- Blake Thompson — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Steven Wintringham — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Mason Langenderfer — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.