People · Austria
Alexander Helbok
Square-1 · top 5.0% of 25,272 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019HELB01
Alexander Helbok has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 9.37, set at Vienna Open 2022, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Austria. Until October 2010, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since June 2019, he has put 581 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.52 in June 2019 to 9.22, a 32% improvement. Alexander has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Austria | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 9.37 | 13.23 | top 5.0% | 3 / 73 | |
| 3×3 | 9.22 | 10.84 | top 5.4% | 44 / 530 | |
| 4×4 | 33.93 | 37.01 | top 5.8% | 24 / 224 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.95 | 5.91 | top 7.4% | 30 / 261 | |
| 2×2 | 2.37 | 4.02 | top 7.7% | 54 / 396 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.51 | 20.26 | top 9.2% | 20 / 184 | |
| Skewb | 3.86 | 6.66 | top 10.0% | 22 / 161 | |
| Clock | 6.76 | 10.36 | top 10.1% | 9 / 79 | |
| 5×5 | 1:08.94 | 1:15.03 | top 10.9% | 19 / 118 | |
| Megaminx | 1:08.87 | 1:13.01 | top 15.0% | 19 / 93 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 31 moves | 38.00 | early days — 3 solves | 12 / 53 | |
| 6×6 | 2:19.68 | 2:28.30 | top 20.3% | 20 / 64 | |
| 7×7 | 3:56.76 | 4:27.82 | top 29.4% | 19 / 53 |
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
- 22 Oct 2022Six personal bests in one day at Vienna Open 2022.
- 21 May 2022Four personal bests in one day at Lake Constance Cubing 2022.
- 19 Mar 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.22 at Swisscubing Cup I 2022.
- 19 Mar 2022Three personal bests in one day at Swisscubing Cup I 2022.
- 20 Nov 2021Four personal bests in one day at Schwyz Side Day 2021.
- 22 Feb 2020Eight personal bests in one day at Frankfurt Cube Days 2020.
Competitions
- Valsugana Speedcubing 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Vienna Fasching 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Vienna Open 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Lake Constance Cubing 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup I 2022 · 19 Mar 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Schwyz Side Day 2021 · 20 Nov 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Frankfurt Cube Days 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 8 personal bests set
- Salzburg Open 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 5 personal bests set
- Tirol Open 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 8 personal bests set
- Road to IC - Milano 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Vienna Cube Day 2019 · 1 Jun 2019
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.
- Raphael Riener — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead 59 times
- Nikolaus Lindinger — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Viktor Kalmar — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 1.37 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.