People · United States
Alexander Eckinger
3×3 · top 9.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016ECKI01
Alexander Eckinger has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.79, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,440th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since February 2016, he has put 134 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 96% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.54 in February 2016 to 10.79, a 65% improvement. Alexander has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.79 | 13.94 | top 9.9% | 5,440 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.97 | 20.11 | top 10.2% | 1,374 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 48.34 | 58.65 | top 22.6% | 3,473 / 19,354 | |
| 2×2 | 5.05 | 6.72 | top 40.0% | 16,326 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 22.80 | 37.93 | top 95.6% | 28,293 / 29,168 |
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
- 15 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 24 2020.
- 7 Jul 2019First sub-30 3×3: 12.19 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019.
- 7 Jul 2019First sub-20 3×3: 12.19 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019.
- 7 Jul 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.19 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019.
- 20 Feb 2016First competition: Berkeley Winter 2016. A 30.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023 · 6 Aug 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 24 2020 · 15 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 22 2019 · 21 Dec 2019
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 21 2019 · 1 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019 · 12 Oct 2019
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019 · 7 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter 2016 · 20 Feb 2016
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.
- Jason Ostdiek — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Stanley Tran — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Varun Mohanraj — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.