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Alex Stern

3×3 · top 1.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016STER02

Alex Stern has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.90, set at Värnamo Cube Days 2019, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 50th in Sweden. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since October 2016, he has put 1,257 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.11 in October 2016 to 6.90, a 51% improvement. Alex has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.2% of 288,433 all-time
6.90
signature single · Värnamo Cube Days 2019
1,257
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSweden
3×36.909.05
top 1.2%50 / 2,948
5×555.911:11.37
top 3.7%27 / 567
2×21.853.08
top 3.9%147 / 2,338
Skewb2.936.50
top 4.7%80 / 1,176
4×432.9842.05
top 5.0%58 / 1,123
Pyraminx3.615.30
top 5.9%157 / 1,743
Megaminx53.091:00.11
top 6.6%41 / 569
Square-110.6314.39
top 7.2%35 / 430
6×62:02.752:13.58
top 12.2%34 / 255
7×73:30.093:43.02
top 19.8%43 / 207
3×3 one-handed21.5323.97
top 24.7%217 / 870
Clock12.6014.72
top 37.8%207 / 552
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves—
early days — 1 solve87 / 171

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

ÅF Swedish Cube Open 2016: 14.11SSL 1 Jönköping 2017: 13.79Swedish Championship 2017: 13.68SSL 3 Kungsbacka 2017: 12.92SSL Final Borås 2017: 9.51Royal Corner Twist 2018: 10.98Swedish Championship 2018: 10.30Nordic Championship 2018: 10.17Kubkvarna Winter 2019: 8.05Denmark & Friends 2019: 10.43SSL 2 Skurup 2019: 8.29Swedish Championship 2019: 7.68Värnamo Cube Days 2019: 6.90Kalmar Cubing 2023: 8.12Swedish Championship 2023: 8.01Folkets Kub Alvesta 2024: 7.45Kublördag Jönköping I - 2024: 7.70Swedish Championship 2024: 8.24Götalandsmästerskapet 2024: 8.30Kublördag Jönköping X - 2026: 7.046.9014.1115 Oct 201614 Feb 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 0.90 away.
  • A sub-50 5×5 single — 733 people have one; it is 5.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.