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Alex Ratowski

3×3 · top 48.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016RATO01

Alex Ratowski has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.09, set at Dixon Winter 2017, puts him in the top 48.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27,968th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since August 2016, he has put 37 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.74 in August 2016 to 23.09, a 14% improvement. Alex has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 48.1% of 284,439 all-time
23.09
signature single · Dixon Winter 2017
37
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×323.0931.67
top 48.1%27,968 / 59,724
2×26.127.54
top 52.1%21,262 / 40,951
Skewb13.1315.22
top 71.2%13,421 / 18,907
Pyraminx16.6632.04
top 86.9%25,603 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed1:20.02
early days — 2 solves14,229 / 15,683

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

Michigan 2016: 26.74Dixon Fall 2016: 33.90Dixon Winter 2017: 23.0923.0933.9013 Aug 20162 Dec 2017

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 13 Aug 2016First competition: Michigan 2016. A 26.74 3×3 single to start from.

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.09 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.