People · United States
Alexander Michael Pilch
3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023PILC01
Alexander Michael Pilch has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.57, set at Pennsylvania Championship 2024, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,242nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since February 2023, he has put 367 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.14 in February 2023 to 7.57, a 62% improvement. Alexander has entered twelve 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.57 | 10.55 | top 2.1% | 1,242 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 4.46 | 6.59 | top 14.2% | 2,209 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 3.23 | 4.77 | top 17.0% | 6,642 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.63 | 9.09 | top 17.3% | 4,581 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 50.96 | 1:14.80 | top 25.9% | 3,981 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 13.23 | 15.09 | top 40.6% | 3,237 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 2:00.88 | 2:15.67 | top 46.1% | 3,399 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 2:06.58 | — | top 53.4% | 4,498 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.98 | 47.43 | top 66.7% | 9,502 / 15,683 | |
| 7×7 | 6:04.86 | 6:57.83 | early days — 3 solves | 2,104 / 3,184 |
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
- 21 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.89 at Pennsylvania Championship 2024.
- 21 Jun 2024Five personal bests in one day at Pennsylvania Championship 2024.
- 2 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.51 at Pretzel Mania Summer 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023Eight personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Summer 2023.
- 6 May 2023Five personal bests in one day at GCU Spring 2023.
- 11 Mar 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.10 at Niskayuna Nimble Fingers 2023.
Competitions
- Christmas City Cubing PA 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- Christmas City Cubing PA 2024 · 6 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pennsylvania Championship 2024 · 21 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- It's About Time Bloomsburg 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- New-Cumberland County 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- GCU Winter 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Hudson Valley 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 8 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- GCU Spring 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Niskayuna Nimble Fingers 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Winter Warmup 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Rex Ozsvath — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Nico Ozsvath — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Zach Ridall — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.57 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.