People · United States
Alex Thernes
3×3 · top 10.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023THER01
Alex Thernes has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.00, set at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024, puts him in the top 10.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,671st in the United States. Across 11 competitions since February 2023, he has put 230 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.71 in February 2023 to 11.00, a 52% improvement. Alex has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.00 | 13.43 | top 10.5% | 5,671 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.78 | 4.32 | top 11.8% | 4,653 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.29 | 8.75 | top 22.1% | 5,956 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 1:41.19 | 2:02.34 | top 35.3% | 2,518 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.59 | 39.11 | top 40.9% | 5,464 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.44 | — | top 56.3% | 9,664 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 14.96 | 16.20 | top 78.2% | 14,932 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 3:19.15 | — | early days — 1 solve | 7,730 / 9,401 |
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
- 4 Oct 2024Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024.
- 19 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Swoop in Again Oxford 2023.
- 20 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.59 at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023.
- 20 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.62 at Country Roads Huntington 2023.
- 18 Feb 2023First competition: Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023. A 25.70 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Gem City: The Birthplace of Aviation OH 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio State Duos II 2024 · 15 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Swoop in Again Oxford 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- OH-io State 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio State Spring First-Timers C 2023 · 3 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Country Roads Huntington 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023 · 18 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.
- Evan Brown — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Dyland Bennett — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead once
- Carson Clark (张卡森) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.