People · United Kingdom
Alexander Edelman
Pyraminx · top 2.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020EDEL01
Alexander Edelman has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.49, set at Rubik's UK Championship 2024, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 82nd in the United Kingdom. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2020, he has put 302 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 2.91 in January 2020 to 2.32, a 20% improvement. Alexander has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.49 | 4.44 | top 2.2% | 82 / 3,656 | |
| Square-1 | 9.96 | 14.22 | top 6.0% | 57 / 778 | |
| 2×2 | 2.32 | 3.12 | top 7.2% | 505 / 4,895 | |
| Skewb | 3.83 | 6.10 | top 9.8% | 223 / 2,421 | |
| 3×3 | 10.92 | 13.99 | top 10.2% | 734 / 6,689 | |
| Clock | 9.12 | 11.11 | top 20.6% | 285 / 1,232 | |
| 4×4 | 52.14 | 1:05.61 | top 27.3% | 615 / 2,071 | |
| Megaminx | 2:17.53 | — | early days — 2 solves | 632 / 966 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.78 | 45.77 | top 63.6% | 1,087 / 1,851 | |
| 5×5 | 2:40.03 | — | early days — 2 solves | 873 / 1,151 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Nov 2024Five personal bests in one day at Rubik's UK Championship 2024.
- 30 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Kent Autumn 2023.
- 8 Oct 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.26 at Chippenham Autumn 2022.
- 8 Oct 2022Four personal bests in one day at Chippenham Autumn 2022.
- 18 Jan 2020First competition: Guildford Open 2020. A 17.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chichester April 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Kent Autumn 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Chippenham Autumn 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Guildford Open 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 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.
- Ben Stokes — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead twice
- James Alonso — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Daniel Evans — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.