People · Israel
Alexander Malinin
Skewb · top 5.9% of 73,281 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023MALI06
Alexander Malinin has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.17, set at Miami Skewbed 2024, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 41st in Israel. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since June 2023, he has put 139 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Alexander has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Israel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.17 | 5.13 | top 5.9% | 41 / 618 | |
| 2×2 | 2.32 | 3.62 | top 7.2% | 152 / 1,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.16 | 5.98 | top 8.5% | 110 / 957 | |
| 3×3 | 10.93 | 12.46 | top 10.3% | 273 / 2,022 | |
| Clock | 8.03 | 9.88 | top 15.3% | 47 / 252 | |
| Square-1 | 15.20 | 17.85 | top 16.9% | 54 / 248 | |
| Megaminx | 1:56.86 | 2:04.38 | top 44.1% | 121 / 263 | |
| 7×7 | 6:28.40 | 6:58.82 | early days — 3 solves | 78 / 99 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 51 moves | 55.00 | early days — 3 solves | 100 / 115 | |
| 6×6 | 6:07.50 | — | early days — 1 solve | 118 / 127 |
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, Skewb. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Thrice as Nice Miami 2025.
- 16 Nov 2024Five personal bests in one day at Miami Skewbed 2024.
- 10 Jun 2023First competition: FSUbers 4.5 2023.
Competitions
- Thrice as Nice Miami 2025 · 14 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Miami Skewbed 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- CinemaCube Israel 2024 · 24 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- FSUbers 4.5 2023 · 10 Jun 2023
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.
- Nathan Graves — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Jackson Lewis — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Owen Brooks — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.