People · United States
Alex Vernon
Clock · top 13.7% of 32,817 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023VERN05
Alex Vernon has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 7.71, set at North Carolina Championship 2025, puts him in the top 13.7% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,085th in the United States. Across 12 competitions since November 2023, he has put 328 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.81 in November 2023 to 13.08, a 17% improvement. Alex has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 7.71 | 9.15 | top 13.7% | 1,085 / 9,172 | |
| 2×2 | 3.06 | 6.51 | top 15.0% | 5,968 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 13.08 | 15.04 | top 17.8% | 9,654 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 5.97 | 9.26 | top 25.6% | 4,210 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.01 | 11.50 | top 36.3% | 10,420 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.77 | 1:14.54 | top 40.5% | 6,675 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 2:01.08 | 2:15.82 | top 46.4% | 3,497 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.43 | 33.85 | top 50.0% | 6,981 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 2:34.61 | 2:48.16 | top 68.0% | 6,047 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 5:12.93 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,450 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 8:41.24 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,027 / 3,236 | |
| Square-1 | 1:21.42 | — | top 93.2% | 6,421 / 6,846 |
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
- 14 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Vanderbilt Winter 2026.
- 8 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Queen City NC 2025.
- 7 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.92 at Bull City Summer NC 2024.
- 7 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at Bull City Summer NC 2024.
- 9 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Concord Summer 2024.
- 4 Nov 2023First competition: North Carolina Championship 2023. A 15.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vanderbilt Winter 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- NCSU Wolfpack 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
- Concord Summer 2025 · 7 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- North Carolina Championship 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Queen City NC 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Charlotte Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bull City Summer NC 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Concord Summer 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Upstate Palmetto Puzzles 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Carolina Clock 'Stravaganza 2023 · 10 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- North Carolina Championship 2023 · 4 Nov 2023
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.
- William Vandergrift — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Rue Clippinger — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Orion Leavitt-Lytle — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,366 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.