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Alex Saks
3×3 · top 17.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023SAKS01
Alex Saks has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.07, set at Hawaiʻi Big Island Summer 2024, puts him in the top 17.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,637th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since September 2023, he has put 135 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.99 in September 2023 to 13.07, a 59% improvement. Alex has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 13.07 | 15.54 | top 17.8% | 9,637 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 4.16 | 5.66 | top 28.6% | 11,507 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.01 | 14.20 | top 45.0% | 13,134 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.15 | 1:27.22 | top 49.0% | 8,310 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 12.51 | 18.71 | top 68.6% | 13,056 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 2:53.02 | — | early days — 3 solves | 6,883 / 9,537 |
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
- 10 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.07 at Hawaiʻi Big Island Summer 2024.
- 10 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Hawaiʻi Big Island Summer 2024.
- 10 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at Hawaiʻi Big Island Winter 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024First sub-30 3×3: 19.99 at Honolulu Liʻiliʻi a ʻIke Maka 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.99 at Honolulu Liʻiliʻi a ʻIke Maka 2024.
- 23 Sep 2023First competition: Ho'oholo in Honolulu 2023. A 31.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hawaiʻi Big Island Winter 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hawaiʻi Big Island Summer 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Honolulu Kupulau 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Hawaiʻi Big Island Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Honolulu Liʻiliʻi a ʻIke Maka 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ho'oholo in Honolulu 2023 · 23 Sep 2023
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.
- Chris Martin — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- TJ Kelly — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Anthony Carrillo — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.07 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.