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Alex Stenman

3×3 · top 1.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023STEN03

Alex Stenman has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.11, set at KirkkoNxNummi 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23rd in Finland. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since May 2023, he has put 1,165 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.41 in May 2023 to 7.11, a 61% improvement. Alex has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.5% of 288,433 all-time
7.11
signature single · KirkkoNxNummi 2026
1,165
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFinland
3×37.118.68
top 1.5%23 / 886
2×21.383.19
top 1.7%26 / 683
Pyraminx3.206.89
top 4.3%46 / 558
Skewb3.335.44
top 6.8%55 / 411
4×435.6839.57
top 7.4%49 / 397
3×3 one-handed15.8620.52
top 10.0%49 / 318
5×51:12.321:22.45
top 13.4%41 / 236
Square-130.8443.97
top 51.0%97 / 160

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

Tampere 2023: 18.41Pulmapelipäivät 2023: 15.08Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2023: 15.45Puzzling at the Shopping Centre Plaza in Salo 2023: 11.03Kirkkonummen Kuutiokemut 2023: 10.40Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2024: 11.14Kuopion Kuutiokemut 2024: 9.94Deutsche Cube Days Helsinki 2024: 10.29Lahen Cubefest 2024: 11.03Pulmapelipäivät 2024: 10.68Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 10.85Finnish Championship 2024: 9.94MurgiJoven Open 2024: 8.48Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2025: 7.88Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2025: 9.01Finnish Championship 2025: 8.47Kamppi Cube Weekend 2025: 8.45Pulmapelipäivät 2026: 7.29Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 8.29Willimiehen Kuutiopäivät 2026: 7.74KirkkoNxNummi 2026: 7.11Finnish Championship 2026: 8.907.1118.4121 May 202316 Oct 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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.11 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.