People · United States
Alexander Miguel Briones
3×3 · top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023BRIO01
Alexander Miguel Briones has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.06, set at QuabbiNxN 2024, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,654th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since January 2023, he has put 441 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.72 in January 2023 to 8.06, a 61% improvement. Alexander has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 8.06 | 9.72 | top 2.9% | 1,654 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 1.97 | 2.97 | top 4.5% | 1,814 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.45 | 21.73 | top 9.1% | 1,204 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 42.10 | 47.69 | top 14.6% | 2,192 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.32 | 12.92 | top 15.2% | 3,984 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 5.52 | 11.30 | top 22.1% | 3,522 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.10 | 1:47.48 | top 33.1% | 2,627 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 3:05.04 | 3:41.28 | top 43.5% | 1,616 / 4,196 |
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
- 4 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at Fall River Cubikon 2024.
- 7 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.11 at CubingUSA New England Championship 2023.
- 7 Oct 2023Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New England Championship 2023.
- 3 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Brookline Favorites 2023.
- 26 Feb 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.49 at Northampton Winter B 2023.
- 22 Jan 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.55 at Pioneer Valley Cubing B 2023.
Competitions
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2024 · 23 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- QuabbiNxN 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- WPI Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 2024
- Fall River Cubikon 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Rhode Island Winter 2024 · 21 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Loon Cubikon 2023 · 19 Nov 2023
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Brookline Favorites 2023 · 3 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Middleboro Cubikon 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cape Cod 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Northampton Winter B 2023 · 26 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Fall River Cubikon 2023 · 5 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pioneer Valley Cubing B 2023 · 22 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Mum's the Word 2023 · 8 Jan 2023
- Puzzling in Providence 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best 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.
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Ryan Durette — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Curtis Chai — met in 66 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.