People · Spain
Alexander de Blois
3×3 · top 8.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017BLOI01
Alexander de Blois has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.41, set at Arnold Open 2018, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 353rd in Spain. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since September 2017, he has put 587 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.90 in September 2017 to 10.41, a 45% 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 | Spain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.41 | 12.47 | top 8.7% | 353 / 5,141 | |
| 4×4 | 39.20 | 40.73 | top 11.2% | 157 / 1,762 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.88 | 8.10 | top 12.4% | 406 / 2,865 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.63 | 1:21.92 | top 16.5% | 109 / 863 | |
| 2×2 | 3.46 | 4.84 | top 19.7% | 759 / 3,845 | |
| Skewb | 5.96 | 9.87 | top 25.4% | 542 / 1,685 | |
| 7×7 | 4:00.57 | 4:14.28 | top 31.0% | 70 / 260 | |
| 6×6 | 2:40.49 | 2:51.76 | top 31.0% | 93 / 316 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.23 | 29.40 | top 32.1% | 357 / 1,315 | |
| Megaminx | 2:47.04 | — | top 69.0% | 508 / 874 |
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
- 11 May 2019Five personal bests in one day at London Open 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019Four personal bests in one day at Les Franqueses Open 2019.
- 29 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Arnold Open 2018.
- 17 Mar 2018Five personal bests in one day at Les Franqueses Open 2018.
- 17 Feb 2018Three personal bests in one day at Vedruna Balaguer Open 2018.
- 25 Nov 2017First sub-15 3×3: 12.36 at Andorra 2017.
Competitions
- Arnold Classic Europe 2019 · 21 Sep 2019
- Juan Manuel Zafra Open 2019 · 29 Jun 2019
- London Open 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Les Franqueses Open 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Vedruna Balaguer Open 2019 · 23 Feb 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Mundet Open 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Spanish Championship 2018 · 12 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Arnold Open 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- WCA European Championship 2018 · 19 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Les Franqueses Open 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Vedruna Balaguer Open 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Lluís Vives Open 2017 · 23 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Andorra 2017 · 25 Nov 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Spanish Championship 2017 · 13 Oct 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Arnold Open 2017 · 22 Sep 2017
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.
- Pau Vela García — met in 117 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Laura Tarrés Gimeno — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
- Arnau Tous Mateu — met in 99 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 9.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.