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Alex Pennington

2×2 · top 2.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022PENN04

Alex Pennington has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.59, set at Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 191st in the United Kingdom. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since October 2022, he has put 1,904 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.71 in October 2022 to 9.00, a 34% improvement. Alex has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.6% of 186,767 all-time
1.59
signature single · Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025
1,904
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.593.76
top 2.6%191 / 4,895
Pyraminx3.055.33
top 3.8%156 / 3,656
3×39.0010.68
top 4.9%371 / 6,689
Skewb3.425.15
top 7.2%159 / 2,421
Clock6.367.93
top 8.6%115 / 1,232
Square-111.3614.43
top 8.6%89 / 778
3×3 one-handed15.8818.70
top 10.0%203 / 1,851
4×439.4145.60
top 11.4%264 / 2,071
Megaminx1:06.181:13.73
top 13.4%170 / 966
5×51:13.781:20.47
top 14.4%189 / 1,151
6×62:40.272:52.51
top 30.9%184 / 548
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves37.33
top 33.6%142 / 372
7×74:23.294:29.85
top 38.8%180 / 459
3×3 blindfolded3:06.42—
top 54.3%206 / 311
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 20:00—
early days — 2 solves106 / 126

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

Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 13.71Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2022: 12.77Brent Cross Winter 2023: 12.15Wiltshire Spring 2023: 10.71Reading Spring 2023: 11.57Weston-super-Mare Spring 2023: 11.60Wiltshire Summer 2023: 10.80August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023: 10.47Wiltshire Autumn 2023: 10.21Glasgow Autumn 2023: 11.38Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 11.90Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2023: 10.49Wiltshire December 2023: 10.21Bristol Winter 2024: 9.86Wiltshire February 2024: 11.27Wiltshire March 2024: 11.21UCD Cube Days 2024: 10.26Weston-super-Mare Spring 2024: 11.23Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 9.00Kewbz UK Open 2024: 10.65Wiltshire September 2024: 10.74Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 10.88Wiltshire November 2024: 11.25Bristol Winter Open 2024: 10.15Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025: 9.73Chichester January 2025: 11.10Mallorca Open 2025: 12.05Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 12.40Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 10.91Bristol August 2025: 10.93Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2025: 9.82Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025: 10.86Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 10.769.0013.7128 Oct 202228 Aug 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.