People · United States
Alexander Pacheco
3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023PACH14
Alexander Pacheco has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.34, set at The Heart of Texas Spring 2026, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,055th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since December 2023, he has put 581 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.88 in December 2023 to 7.34, a 57% improvement. 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.34 | 8.72 | top 1.8% | 1,055 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.79 | 4.43 | top 3.0% | 796 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 31.08 | 38.23 | top 3.5% | 562 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 2.00 | 3.37 | top 4.7% | 1,891 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:01.43 | 1:13.19 | top 6.3% | 511 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 53.80 | 1:06.47 | top 6.9% | 477 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 4.56 | 7.53 | top 14.9% | 2,334 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.93 | 24.38 | top 23.1% | 2,957 / 15,683 | |
| 7×7 | 3:41.58 | 4:03.49 | top 24.0% | 682 / 3,184 | |
| Square-1 | 18.36 | 24.74 | top 24.3% | 1,602 / 6,743 | |
| 6×6 | 2:28.83 | 2:49.42 | top 25.0% | 896 / 4,196 | |
| Clock | 11.00 | 13.71 | top 30.1% | 2,350 / 8,927 |
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
- 20 Feb 2026Six personal bests in one day at Temple Cubing Winter 2026.
- 5 Dec 2025Eight personal bests in one day at Texas Championship 2025.
- 19 Oct 2025Five personal bests in one day at Space City Fall TX 2025.
- 14 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.89 at The Heart of Texas Fall 2025.
- 14 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at The Heart of Texas Fall 2025.
- 2 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.61 at Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024.
Competitions
- New Braunfels Tube & Twist 2026 · 2 Aug 2026
- Round Rock Splash & Solve 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- The Heart of Texas Spring 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Temple Cubing Winter 2026 · 20 Feb 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Georgetown Weeknight 1 2026 · 13 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- New Braunfels Comal Cubing Classic 2026 · 1 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Texas Championship 2025 · 5 Dec 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- Space City Fall TX 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- The Heart of Texas Fall 2025 · 14 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2024 · 28 Apr 2024
- Cube Against Cancer Texas 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Keep Austin Weird 2023 · 10 Dec 2023
- Texas Championship 2023 · 2 Dec 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.
- Tristan Patrick — met in 94 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- Ryan Pilat — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tucker Chamberlain — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.