People · Canada
Alex Shaw
3×3 · top 13.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022SHAW02
Alex Shaw has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.85, set at Cubing Above the Dinosaurs 2023, puts him in the top 13.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,272nd in Canada. Across 6 competitions since July 2022, he has put 170 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.94 in July 2022 to 11.85, a 21% 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.85 | 14.05 | top 13.4% | 1,272 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 3.25 | 5.10 | top 17.2% | 1,160 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 54.38 | 1:01.79 | top 30.0% | 770 / 3,118 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.68 | 13.24 | top 42.1% | 1,947 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.51 | 39.09 | top 54.4% | 1,286 / 2,620 | |
| 5×5 | 2:11.83 | — | top 56.4% | 742 / 1,499 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:32.28 | — | early days — 3 solves | 217 / 351 | |
| Skewb | 12.82 | 17.76 | top 69.9% | 1,995 / 2,907 | |
| 6×6 | 4:59.44 | 5:10.72 | early days — 3 solves | 491 / 665 | |
| Megaminx | 3:34.42 | — | top 84.6% | 1,084 / 1,375 | |
| 7×7 | 8:45.29 | — | early days — 1 solve | 460 / 503 |
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
- 19 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Odd Day in Sylvan 2023.
- 28 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Above the Dinosaurs 2023.
- 30 Jul 2022First competition: Spruce Grove Summer 2022. A 18.77 3×3 single to start from.
- 30 Jul 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.94 at Spruce Grove Summer 2022.
Competitions
- Peace Country Cubing 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Odd Day in Sylvan 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing Above the Dinosaurs 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Grande Prairie Open 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Sylvan Solves 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Spruce Grove Summer 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Alex Mutch — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
- James Deibert — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kye Riddell — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.85 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.