People · Guatemala
Alexander Batz
Megaminx · top 2.2% of 35,351 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017BATZ01
Alexander Batz has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 42.24, set at IGA 2018, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 35,351 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Guatemala. Until August 2014, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since March 2017, he has put 1,335 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.12 in March 2017 to 8.73, a 49% improvement. Alexander has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Guatemala | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 42.24 | 47.70 | top 2.2% | 3 / 138 | |
| 3×3 | 8.73 | 10.67 | top 4.3% | 24 / 1,255 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.90 | 20.68 | top 6.0% | 11 / 313 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.74 | 5.02 | top 6.4% | 25 / 481 | |
| 2×2 | 2.41 | 3.81 | top 8.1% | 44 / 741 | |
| 4×4 | 37.26 | 43.70 | top 9.0% | 25 / 310 | |
| 5×5 | 1:10.72 | 1:17.93 | top 12.2% | 19 / 153 | |
| 6×6 | 2:24.39 | 2:29.95 | top 22.9% | 16 / 59 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 34 moves | 37.67 | top 26.9% | 8 / 53 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:46.70 | — | top 28.8% | 14 / 48 | |
| 7×7 | 4:14.33 | 4:35.91 | top 35.9% | 24 / 53 | |
| Skewb | 8.22 | 12.95 | top 43.1% | 93 / 206 | |
| Clock | 15.07 | 22.86 | top 48.2% | 27 / 69 | |
| Square-1 | 29.90 | 43.88 | top 49.3% | 45 / 91 |
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
- 17 May 2019Four personal bests in one day at Speedcubing Academy Xelajú 2019.
- 24 Feb 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.86 at Los Próceres 2019.
- 17 Nov 2018Six personal bests in one day at Luna de Xelajú 2018.
- 22 Sep 2018Five personal bests in one day at Xela Open 2018.
- 3 Mar 2018Four personal bests in one day at San Lucas Open 2018.
- 10 Feb 2018Five personal bests in one day at Big Bang Open 2018.
Competitions
- Primma Cube Open 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Kukulcán Open Quetzaltenango 2026 · 11 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Desafío Cubo CRAI UCA 2024 · 22 Sep 2024
- Nacionales Guatemala 2023 · 15 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Party Xela 2023 · 23 Apr 2023
- El Cafecito Guatemala 2022 · 20 Aug 2022
- Vení a Cubear a Toto 2022 · 16 Jul 2022
- Eskala 2022 · 11 Jun 2022
- Cubing Party Xela 2022 · 10 Apr 2022
- GuateMaya Open 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Nacionales Guatemala 2019 · 22 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Xela Open 2019 · 7 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Teletón Salamá 2019 · 13 Jul 2019
- Speedcubing Academy Xelajú 2019 · 17 May 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Los Próceres 2019 · 24 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Luna de Xelajú 2018 · 17 Nov 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Xela Open 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- IGA 2018 · 18 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Nacionales Guatemala 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- San Lucas Open 2018 · 3 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Big Bang Open 2018 · 10 Feb 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- GuateMaya Open 2017 · 2 Dec 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Guatemala Championship 2017 · 21 Oct 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Rubik Xela Open 2017 · 2 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- IGA Rubik 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Latin America Cubing Tour - Guatemala 2017 · 1 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Guatemala Nationals 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Pablo Say — met in 233 rounds, finished ahead 119 times
- Daniel Escobar — met in 201 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Gabriel Barrios — met in 178 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
Next targets
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 567 people have one; it is 2.24 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
Targets move as he improves.