People · United States
Alexander Hess
Skewb · top 7.8% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024HESS04
Alexander Hess has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.51, set at Gem City Pre-Flight Warm Up OH 2025, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,213th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since March 2024, he has put 325 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Alexander has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.51 | 7.97 | top 7.8% | 1,213 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 2.67 | 4.98 | top 10.6% | 4,180 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.55 | 9.05 | top 24.2% | 6,596 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 18.20 | 22.88 | top 34.7% | 19,352 / 59,724 | |
| Square-1 | 25.89 | 37.12 | top 41.1% | 2,667 / 6,743 | |
| Clock | 13.69 | 15.85 | top 42.6% | 3,415 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:25.96 | — | top 60.6% | 10,540 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 2:43.21 | — | early days — 3 solves | 5,176 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 54.57 | — | early days — 3 solves | 11,922 / 15,683 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 28 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Gem City Pre-Flight Warm Up OH 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Preble Spring 2025.
- 3 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024.
- 4 Oct 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.20 at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024.
- 4 Oct 2024Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024.
- 17 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Gem City: The Birthplace of Aviation OH 2024.
Competitions
- Gem City Pre-Flight Warm Up OH 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Fun in Muncie 2025 · 31 May 2025
- Preble Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2025 · 23 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Gem City Ohio Showdown 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Don't Pop Preble 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024 · 3 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024 · 4 Oct 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Gem City: The Birthplace of Aviation OH 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Gem City Donut DNF 2024 · 16 Jun 2024
- Minxville Indiana 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Circle City Cubing 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Little Giant Open 2024 · 9 Mar 2024
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.
- Elliott Perkins — met in 71 rounds, never finished ahead
- Braden Richards — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jayden Clark — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.