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Alex McIntosh

3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2013 · 2013MCIN01

Alex McIntosh has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.64, set at Huntington Park Winter 2025, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,295th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since February 2013, he has put 693 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.31 in February 2013 to 7.64, a 67% improvement. Alex has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time
7.64
signature single · Huntington Park Winter 2025
693
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.6410.04
top 2.2%1,295 / 59,724
4×433.6637.84
top 5.5%842 / 19,072
5×51:04.451:11.23
top 8.0%629 / 9,401
Megaminx57.671:05.25
top 8.8%601 / 7,841
6×61:54.672:04.64
top 8.9%318 / 4,196
Pyraminx4.346.02
top 9.4%2,431 / 28,708
2×22.584.07
top 9.7%3,826 / 40,951
7×73:04.863:23.27
top 11.9%324 / 3,184
3×3 one-handed18.2321.61
top 15.7%2,022 / 15,683
Skewb6.177.38
top 27.1%4,416 / 18,907
Square-122.5029.23
top 33.5%2,181 / 6,743
Clock11.9614.79
top 34.7%2,748 / 8,927

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

Caltech Winter Open 2013: 23.31Antelope Valley Spring Open 2013: 17.30Antelope Valley Fall 2013: 17.16Caltech Winter Open 2014: 14.71Nisei Week 2014: 12.22Irvine Fall 2015: 12.59Nisei Week 2016: 12.20Nub Open Mission Viejo 2023: 10.34Fullerton Winter 2024: 8.84Los Angeles Newcomers 2024: 9.53San Diego Big Cub 2024: 10.22CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 9.82La La Land 2024: 9.90Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2025: 9.02Burbank Big Cubes 2025: 9.30West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025: 11.69UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025: 9.06Huntington Park Winter 2025: 7.64UCLA Spring 2026: 9.94West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026: 9.157.6423.3123 Feb 201323 May 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.64 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.