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Alexander Karlov

2×2 · top 1.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2014 · 2014KARL01

Alexander Karlov has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.22, set at Twist and Shout Summer 2017, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 57th in Sweden. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since September 2014, he has put 1,412 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 56.19 in September 2014 to 8.54, an 85% improvement. Alexander has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.1% of 186,767 all-time
1.22
signature single · Twist and Shout Summer 2017
1,412
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSweden
2×21.222.88
top 1.1%57 / 2,325
Skewb2.394.24
top 2.5%42 / 1,173
3×38.549.37
top 3.8%124 / 2,925
Pyraminx3.224.95
top 4.4%117 / 1,730
Clock5.476.81
top 5.7%41 / 546
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves28.67
top 6.2%10 / 168
4×435.8641.64
top 7.5%83 / 1,120
5×51:04.001:08.43
top 7.8%43 / 562
3×3 one-handed15.0119.95
top 8.1%79 / 868
6×62:08.362:20.47
top 14.6%39 / 249
7×73:17.303:28.91
top 15.5%33 / 206
Megaminx1:20.041:30.59
top 21.8%109 / 564
Square-120.7027.57
top 29.5%130 / 427

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

Bugella Open 2014: 56.19Respighi Open 2014: 34.28Milan Winter Open 2015: 29.65PoliMi Open 2015: 24.61Norrkubing 2015: 24.83Bugella Open 2015: 23.26Milan Slam Open 2016: 18.65PoliMi Open 2016: 14.24SSL 2 Stockholm 2017: 12.80Crawley Open 2017: 11.44World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 12.74Twist and Shout Summer 2017: 13.18UK Championship 2017: 11.88Hastings Open 2018: 10.95WCA European Championship 2018: 12.66Sala Summer Blind 2018: 12.44Italian Championship 2018: 11.42Tuscany Open 2018: 10.77Turin Winter Open 2019: 9.31Mantua Winter 2019: 11.60Denmark & Friends 2019: 10.15Bologna NxN Spring 2019: 10.53San Marino Nationals 2019: 9.72Romagna Open 2019: 9.19Road to IC - Montecatini 2019: 9.07Italian Championship 2019: 10.55Bologna New Year 2022: 10.38Volos Wild Open 2025: 9.24Greek Nationals 2025: 8.54Ekerö Open 2026: 10.05We Love Cubing Athens B 2026: 8.618.5456.196 Sep 201415 Feb 2026

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.