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Alex Risheh

2×2 · top 29.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2009 · 2009RISH01

Alex Risheh has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.21, set at Marymount Open 2010, puts him in the top 29.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,577th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since April 2009, he has put 125 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.76 in April 2009 to 18.68, a 21% improvement. Alex has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 29.2% of 186,767 all-time
4.21
signature single · Marymount Open 2010
125
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.215.76
top 29.2%11,577 / 40,951
3×318.6819.42
top 36.2%20,306 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed43.1553.65
top 69.5%9,963 / 15,683
4×41:59.023:00.51
top 81.3%15,123 / 19,072
Pyraminx17.2223.45
top 88.2%25,947 / 28,708
5×54:41.065:32.59
top 95.7%9,084 / 9,401

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

San Diego Science Festival 2009: 23.76Discovery Science Center competition 2009: 27.55US Nationals 2009: 20.16Caltech Fall competition 2009: 21.21Moose Lodge 2010: 20.55Nisei Week Open 2010: 20.44Marymount Open 2010: 21.16Caltech Winter 2011: 18.68Caltech Winter Open 2014: 22.5018.6827.554 Apr 200922 Feb 2014

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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.68 away.

Targets move as he improves.