People · Canada
Alexander Preece
3×3 · top 3.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022PREE02
Alexander Preece has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.34, set at SaskatooNxN 2026, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 341st in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since August 2022, he has put 513 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.85 in August 2022 to 8.34, a 47% improvement. Alexander has entered 17 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.34 | 9.36 | top 3.4% | 341 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 2.42 | 3.74 | top 8.2% | 542 / 7,245 | |
| Skewb | 4.57 | 8.86 | top 15.1% | 327 / 2,928 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.77 | 9.47 | top 26.0% | 1,122 / 4,913 | |
| 4×4 | 52.64 | 57.40 | top 28.0% | 727 / 3,180 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.30 | 30.10 | top 29.7% | 665 / 2,632 | |
| Megaminx | 2:08.93 | 2:28.71 | top 50.8% | 590 / 1,393 | |
| 5×5 | 2:05.44 | 2:44.60 | top 52.8% | 722 / 1,546 | |
| Clock | 17.70 | 19.86 | top 57.8% | 542 / 1,057 | |
| 6×6 | 6:25.18 | — | early days — 1 solve | 606 / 683 | |
| 7×7 | 16:29.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 518 / 519 |
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
- 2 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at SaskatooNxN 2025.
- 17 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at North Battleford Cube Day 2025.
- 22 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Saskatchewan Newcomers 2025.
- 4 May 2024Five personal bests in one day at The Battlefords: Cubers Strike Back 2024.
- 9 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.27 at Saskatchewan Open 2023.
- 9 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Saskatchewan Open 2023.
Competitions
- SaskatooNxN 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Canadian Prairie Championship 2026 · 17 Jul 2026
- Winnipeg Spring 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Regina Newcomers 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Regina Twist 'N Treat 2025 · 18 Oct 2025
- Winnipeg Fall Afternoon 2025 · 30 Aug 2025
- SaskatooNxN 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- North Battleford Cube Day 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Saskatchewan Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Saskatchewan Big Cubes 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- The Battlefords: Cubers Strike Back 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Queen City Cubing Regina 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Winterpeg 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Saskatchewan Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Sherwood Park Summer 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
- Winnipeg Open 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Edmonton Summer Twist 2022 · 21 Aug 2022
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.
- Laura Plourde — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
- Vianne Chang — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Zach Ramer — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.