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Alex Seidler

2×2 · top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2007 · 2007SEID01

Alex Seidler has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.44, set at Battle Ground 2025, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 752nd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since November 2007, he has put 1,039 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.21 in November 2007 to 8.15, a 50% improvement. Alex has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.9% of 186,767 all-time
1.44
signature single · Battle Ground 2025
1,039
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.444.15
top 1.9%752 / 40,951
3×38.1510.38
top 3.1%1,730 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed15.0118.47
top 8.1%1,086 / 15,683
4×439.1344.95
top 11.1%1,643 / 19,072
Pyraminx5.9211.82
top 19.4%5,168 / 28,708
Skewb5.549.47
top 22.3%3,547 / 18,907
5×51:26.481:31.64
top 24.5%1,908 / 9,401
Square-119.2228.50
top 26.1%1,709 / 6,743
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves—
early days — 1 solve879 / 2,040
6×63:01.623:13.32
top 41.9%1,540 / 4,196
Megaminx1:52.861:55.99
top 42.0%3,048 / 7,841
3×3 blindfolded2:27.964:40.97
top 42.6%904 / 2,092
7×75:03.616:17.32
top 51.7%1,505 / 3,184
Clock17.5321.55
top 57.3%4,775 / 8,927

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

Caltech Fall competition 2007: 16.21Discovery Science Center competition 2008: 15.41San Diego Open 2008: 15.18UCSD Summer competition 2008: 13.62Caltech Fall 2008: 13.00Caltech Fall competition 2009: 13.38Caltech Fall 2011: 13.59Newport Winter Open 2014: 11.34SoCal Supercomp 2015: 10.94Caltech Fall 2015: 12.38Nub Open 2016: 10.95Newport Spring 2016: 9.80US Nationals 2016: 9.92Caltech Winter 2017: 10.66Qualifornia 2017: 10.41OCSEF Open 2017: 9.21Cerritos Open 2017: 8.34Keep Portland Weird 2019: 10.38PDX Cubing for Causes 2020: 9.67Rose City 2023: 10.12Stumptown Speedcubing Summer 2023: 9.30Oregon Championship 2023: 10.97Salem Spooktacular 2023: 10.41Couve Cubing Spring 2024: 8.89PortlaNxNd 2024: 11.22Hillsboro Favorites 2024: 10.14Oregon Championship 2024: 8.15Bellevue Squan Fest 2 2024: 9.75Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.41Battle Ground 2025: 10.08Portland in a Pyra Tree 2025: 9.50McMinnville Favorites 2026: 9.278.1516.2110 Nov 20077 Mar 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 0.44 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.