People · United Kingdom
Alexander Charles Macey
2×2 · top 2.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018MACE01
Alexander Charles Macey has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.65, set at Suffolk Summer 2023, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 211th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since January 2018, he has put 690 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.31 in January 2018 to 9.55, a 67% improvement. Alexander has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.65 | 3.58 | top 2.9% | 211 / 4,946 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.66 | 5.15 | top 6.1% | 237 / 3,704 | |
| 3×3 | 9.55 | 15.19 | top 6.3% | 480 / 6,785 | |
| Square-1 | 15.50 | 20.64 | top 17.6% | 176 / 789 | |
| 4×4 | 47.31 | 54.93 | top 21.3% | 487 / 2,112 | |
| Skewb | 5.67 | 7.68 | top 23.3% | 541 / 2,439 | |
| Clock | 12.65 | 13.93 | top 38.1% | 520 / 1,255 | |
| 5×5 | 1:46.72 | 1:57.22 | top 40.5% | 516 / 1,167 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.77 | 36.89 | top 53.0% | 936 / 1,861 | |
| Megaminx | 2:41.11 | — | early days — 2 solves | 780 / 998 | |
| 6×6 | 4:44.91 | 5:41.88 | top 78.4% | 470 / 560 |
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
- 3 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.55 at Lincolnshire Summer 2024.
- 3 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Lincolnshire Summer 2024.
- 1 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Suffolk Summer 2023.
- 17 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Wiltshire Summer 2023.
- 27 May 2023Five personal bests in one day at Hampshire Spring 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023First sub-20 3×3: 14.48 at Wiltshire Winter 2023.
Competitions
- Lincolnshire Summer 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Chichester Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024
- Bristol Summer 2024 · 13 Jul 2024
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Isle of Wight Summer 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bristol Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Suffolk Summer 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Summer 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Exeter Summer 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Hampshire Spring 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Give Back RPV 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Oak Valley Winter A 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Wiltshire Winter 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- High Wycombe Open 2018 · 14 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Welsh Open 2018 · 27 Jan 2018
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.
- Aidan Grainger — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Daniel Partridge — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Oliver Wheat — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.