People · United Kingdom
Alex Smith
3×3 · top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023SMIT12
Alex Smith has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.03, set at Wakefield Summer 2026, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 226th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since February 2023, he has put 372 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.68 in February 2023 to 8.03, a 45% improvement. Alex has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.03 | 9.83 | top 2.8% | 226 / 6,689 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.04 | 4.68 | top 3.8% | 155 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.30 | 21.84 | top 6.7% | 134 / 1,851 | |
| Clock | 7.42 | 8.58 | top 12.6% | 179 / 1,232 | |
| 2×2 | 3.02 | 3.74 | top 14.5% | 869 / 4,895 | |
| 4×4 | 44.58 | 48.98 | top 17.8% | 407 / 2,071 | |
| Skewb | 5.36 | 6.39 | top 20.9% | 479 / 2,421 | |
| Square-1 | 18.86 | 30.95 | top 25.4% | 242 / 778 | |
| Megaminx | 1:29.15 | 1:41.12 | top 27.6% | 321 / 966 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.21 | 1:37.91 | top 30.0% | 387 / 1,151 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 210 / 372 |
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
- 20 Jun 2026Five personal bests in one day at Wakefield Summer 2026.
- 8 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025.
- 15 Mar 2025Five personal bests in one day at Leeds Spring 2025.
- 20 Apr 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.55 at Stevenage April 2024.
- 20 Apr 2024Six personal bests in one day at Stevenage April 2024.
- 25 Feb 2023First competition: Lincolnshire Winter 2023. A 14.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wakefield Summer 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Leeds Spring 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Battersea Autumn 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage April 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Wakefield Autumn 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- August Bank Holiday Manchester 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Lincolnshire Winter 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 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.
- Billie Hammill — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Adam Devere — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Daniel Partridge — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.