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Alex Thielemier

3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2009 · 2009THIE02

Alex Thielemier has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.62, set at Severna Park Summer 2017, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,283rd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since May 2009, he has put 1,489 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.40 in May 2009 to 7.62, a 79% improvement. Alex has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time
7.62
signature single · Severna Park Summer 2017
1,489
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.629.67
top 2.2%1,283 / 59,724
Pyraminx2.633.24
top 2.5%672 / 28,708
2×21.753.68
top 3.3%1,289 / 40,951
Square-111.5014.78
top 8.8%631 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed16.7519.77
top 12.0%1,558 / 15,683
4×440.0641.57
top 12.2%1,802 / 19,072
Clock8.2610.29
top 16.5%1,250 / 8,927
5×51:17.941:23.47
top 17.5%1,360 / 9,401
Skewb7.7113.72
top 39.1%6,719 / 18,907
Megaminx1:54.622:17.40
top 42.9%3,125 / 7,841
3×3 blindfolded3:08.69—
top 54.9%1,161 / 2,092
7×75:21.345:40.49
top 57.2%1,693 / 3,184
6×63:39.823:50.35
top 58.6%2,235 / 4,196

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

Cumberland Valley Open 2009: 36.40Baltimore Spring competition 2010: 20.00United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 17.31Princeton Fall 2010: 15.40River Hill Fall 2010: 13.88Washington DC Winter 2011: 12.93River Hill Spring 2011: 11.84United States National Championships 2011: 11.84Princeton Fall 2011: 11.96Liberty Science Center Open 2011: 11.97River Hill Winter 2012: 10.47United States National Championships 2012: 12.02Princeton Fall 2012: 11.18Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2012: 10.50River Hill Winter 2013: 10.80Princeton Spring 2013: 11.41World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 11.81Slow 'n Steady Fall 2013: 10.05River Hill Winter 2014: 10.34Princeton Winter 2014: 10.74US Nationals 2014: 11.15River Hill Summer 2014: 10.25Slow n Steady Spring 2015: 10.03Slow n Steady Fall 2015: 9.82River Hill Fall 2015: 9.41Slow N Steady Winter 2016: 9.62Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 8.29Slow N Steady Fall 2016: 9.16Slow N Steady Spring 2017: 9.54Slow N Steady Summer 2017: 9.04Severna Park Summer 2017: 7.62Maryland 2017: 9.47Maryland 2018: 8.537.6236.4030 May 200930 Jun 2018

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 — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.