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Alexander Paton

2×2 · top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022PATO01

Alexander Paton has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.14, set at DuPage Fall 2024, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,292nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since August 2022, he has put 594 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.91 in September 2022 to 12.24, a 67% improvement. Alexander has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.14
signature single · DuPage Fall 2024
594
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.143.61
top 5.7%2,292 / 40,951
Pyraminx4.185.73
top 8.6%2,205 / 28,708
3×312.2415.36
top 14.7%7,873 / 59,724
Clock9.4712.73
top 22.4%1,724 / 8,927
Skewb6.398.97
top 28.8%4,736 / 18,907
4×453.871:01.32
top 29.4%4,595 / 19,072
5×51:44.801:56.95
top 39.0%3,129 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed37.0540.19
top 60.9%8,556 / 15,683
6×64:15.064:31.49
top 70.3%2,759 / 4,196
7×77:57.84—
early days — 1 solve2,837 / 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

Cubing Peoria 2022: 36.91Mt. Prospect Open 2022: 30.35UIUC Fall 2022: 20.62Naperville Winter A 2022: 23.72Dubuque Winter 2023: 22.96The Legacy Begins 2023: 23.05Swallow Spring 2023: 16.43Washtenaw Qualifier 2023: 23.58Warm Up in Mount Prospect 2023: 23.72CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 26.21Get to Work Chicagoland 2023: 16.88Peoria Fall 2023: 15.13Milwaukee Cubing Mania 2024: 14.13DuPage Winter 2024: 14.95Naperville Winter 2024: 15.19Chicago Area Twist Spring A 2024: 13.15Ackerman Spring 2024: 12.24Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 13.92DuPage Fall 2024: 16.70Kenosha First A 2024: 14.1712.2436.9124 Sep 202216 Nov 2024

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.