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Alex Walker
Pyraminx · top 3.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014WALK05
Alex Walker has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.88, set at Northern Colorado Cubing 2022, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 855th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 72 competitions since August 2014, he has put 2,826 official solves on the record across 16 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 33.04 in August 2014 to 9.11, a 72% improvement. Alex has entered 72 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.88 | 5.34 | top 3.2% | 855 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 2.90 | 4.75 | top 4.5% | 700 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 9.11 | 12.51 | top 5.1% | 2,856 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 29 moves | 30.00 | top 12.2% | 280 / 2,040 | |
| 2×2 | 2.98 | 4.14 | top 14.0% | 5,504 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 7.83 | 9.48 | top 14.4% | 1,102 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 45.00 | 52.68 | top 18.3% | 2,783 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:18.45 | 1:26.67 | top 20.8% | 1,431 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.62 | 25.42 | top 22.2% | 2,853 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 19.74 | 27.35 | top 27.4% | 1,803 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 1:33.47 | 1:43.79 | top 30.2% | 2,388 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 3:01.81 | 3:15.61 | top 42.0% | 1,545 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:31.62 | 3:57.63 | top 43.8% | 934 / 2,092 | |
| 7×7 | 5:11.30 | 5:17.66 | top 54.3% | 1,592 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 2 cubes · 14:49 | — | top 68.9% | 521 / 731 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 26:45.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 423 / 440 |
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
- 25 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at Slopeside Solving 2022.
- 21 May 2022Six personal bests in one day at Colorado Cubing Weekend 2022.
- 9 Apr 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.11 at Pikes Peak Good Afternoon 2022.
- 25 May 2019Ten personal bests in one day at Colorado Qualifier 2019.
- 18 Aug 2018Three personal bests in one day at Pueblo Open 2018.
- 27 Jul 2018Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2018.
Competitions
- Rocky Mountain Championship 2026 · 21 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026
- Wyominx 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- Unorthodox Blocks 5 CO 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- DeNxNver 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Centennial State Cube Off 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- Unorthodox Blocks CO 2 2024 · 23 Nov 2024
- Colorado Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024
- Cherry on Top Colorado PM 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
- Spring Madness Colorado 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Happy Crew Déjà Vu Colorado 2024 · 24 Feb 2024
- Oredigger Open 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
- Barely Awake Boulder 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DeNxNver 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Happy Holidays Colorado 2023 · 30 Dec 2023
- USAFA Flyby Cubing 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Cold Hands Showdown 2023 · 2 Dec 2023
- Pillar of Fire Colorado 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023 · 3 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rocky Mountain Warm-Up 2023 · 28 Oct 2023
- The Art of the Cube Colorado 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Colorado Pastacomp 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- Centennial State Cube-Off 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Jungle Jumble 2023 · 5 Aug 2023
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023
- Unorthodox Blocks Colorado 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
- Colorado Mountain Tour - Grand Junction 2023 · 14 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Mountain Tour - Glenwood Springs 2023 · 13 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Mountain Tour - Avon 2023 · 12 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Don't be Fooled Colorado 2023 · 1 Apr 2023
- Colorado Brain Freeze 2023 · 18 Mar 2023
- Mile High Megacomp 2023 · 4 Mar 2023
- Happy Crew Cubing CO 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- High Plains Solving 2023 · 12 Feb 2023
- Colorado Trifecta 2023 · 8 Jan 2023
- LoCo Cubing AM 2022 · 10 Dec 2022
- Colorado Sensory Shutdown 2022 · 19 Nov 2022
- Loveland Fall 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing for Charity Colorado 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022 · 7 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Slopeside Solving 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Please Be Quiet Colorado 2022 · 28 May 2022
- Colorado Cubing Weekend 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubing in Craig 2022 · 16 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Pikes Peak Good Afternoon 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Northern Colorado Cubing 2022 · 12 Mar 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Pikes Peak Returns A 2021 · 13 Nov 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Olde Town Parker 2020 · 15 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Colorado Springs Winter 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Denver Back to School 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019
- Colorado Qualifier 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 10 personal bests set
- Pueblo Open 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Colorado Qualifier 2018 · 26 May 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Veterans Day Open 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Utah Speedcube Speedoff 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Longmont Summer 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Cerritos Open 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Longmont Cube Open 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC USA 2016 · 6 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Fall Championship 2016 · 10 Sep 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2016 · 29 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Albuquerque Spring 2016 · 14 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Rocky Mountain Winter 2016 · 9 Jan 2016 — 5 personal bests set
- Northern Colorado Summer 2015 · 22 Aug 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- Lawrence Spring 2015 · 28 Mar 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Colorado Springs Open 2015 · 17 Jan 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2014 · 1 Aug 2014
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.
- Stone Amsbaugh — met in 396 rounds, finished ahead 100 times
- Raymos Castillo — met in 391 rounds, finished ahead 47 times
- Brayden Wroten — met in 323 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.