People · United States
Alex Paschal
3×3 · top 3.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017PASC05
Alex Paschal has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.32, set at Tar Heel Tango 2018, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,910th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since September 2017, he has put 420 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.45 in September 2017 to 8.32, a 27% improvement. Alex has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 8.32 | 9.59 | top 3.4% | 1,910 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.48 | 3.30 | top 8.7% | 3,422 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.26 | 10.85 | top 9.0% | 2,325 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.44 | 19.61 | top 9.0% | 1,201 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 40.09 | 43.28 | top 12.2% | 1,807 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.30 | 1:30.58 | top 18.5% | 1,438 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 1:31.66 | 1:40.09 | top 29.3% | 2,044 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 7.58 | 10.88 | top 38.1% | 6,523 / 18,907 | |
| 6×6 | 3:18.91 | 3:36.06 | top 50.0% | 1,872 / 4,196 | |
| Clock | 33.07 | 44.01 | top 87.9% | 7,825 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 1:09.21 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,975 / 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
- 13 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at Tar Heel Tango 2018.
- 8 Sep 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.36 at Carolina Season Starter 2018.
- 8 Sep 2018Four personal bests in one day at Carolina Season Starter 2018.
- 27 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2018.
- 21 Jan 2018Six personal bests in one day at Wolfpack Winter 2018.
- 3 Sep 2017First competition: Hendersonville Fall 2017. A 12.92 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wolfpack Winter 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Charlotte Winter 2020 · 4 Jan 2020
- Rocky The Ram Cubes 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Greensboro Summer 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- VES Spring 2019 · 2 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Tar Heel Tango 2018 · 13 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Carolina Season Starter 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Wolfpack Quiet Qualifier 2018 · 29 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Fruit Salad 2018 · 3 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Wolfpack Winter 2018 · 21 Jan 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Raleigh Rubik's Rally 2017 · 4 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Hendersonville Fall 2017 · 3 Sep 2017 — 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.
- Zachary Ochs — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jacob Ambrose — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Katie Hull — met in 66 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.