People · United Kingdom
Alexander Powell
3×3 · top 31.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025POWE08
Alexander Powell has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.16, set at Darlington Spring 2026, puts him in the top 31.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,105th in the United Kingdom. Across 3 competitions since July 2025, he has put 63 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.59 in July 2025 to 17.16, a 65% improvement. Alexander has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 17.16 | 22.90 | top 31.5% | 2,105 / 6,689 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.46 | 12.35 | top 31.7% | 1,272 / 3,656 | |
| 2×2 | 4.41 | 5.03 | top 31.8% | 1,694 / 4,895 | |
| Skewb | 13.62 | 21.36 | top 73.3% | 1,792 / 2,421 |
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
- 16 May 2026First sub-20 3×3: 17.33 at Darlington Spring 2026.
- 16 May 2026Five personal bests in one day at Darlington Spring 2026.
- 20 Sep 2025First sub-30 3×3: 25.49 at Edinburgh Autumn 2025.
- 12 Jul 2025First competition: Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2025. A 48.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Darlington Spring 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Autumn 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2025 · 12 Jul 2025
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.
- Rylan Cheng-Brown — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Caty Langa — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Melanie Johnson — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.16 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.