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Alexander Goldberg

3×3 · top 35.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2007 · 2007GOLD01

Alexander Goldberg has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.31, set at Austin Open 2008, puts him in the top 35.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19,568th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since June 2007, he has put 73 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.11 in June 2007 to 18.31, a 27% improvement. Alexander has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 35.0% of 284,439 all-time
18.31
signature single · Austin Open 2008
73
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×318.3123.70
top 35.0%19,568 / 59,724
4×41:58.722:15.94
top 81.1%15,081 / 19,072
5×53:30.863:41.91
top 86.6%8,048 / 9,401
Megaminx4:26.785:02.58
top 93.6%7,513 / 7,841
2×219.39
early days — 3 solves39,452 / 40,951

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

US Open 2007: 25.11Denver Open 2008: 19.47Austin Open 2008: 18.31Austin Spring 2009: 19.8318.3125.1116 Jun 200721 Feb 2009

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Doug Reed — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Aditya Dargan — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
  • Bob Burton — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.31 away.
  • A sub-1:30 4×4 single — 53,325 people have one; it is 28.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.