People · United States
Alexander Preston
Square-1 · top 6.1% of 25,272 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022PRES05
Alexander Preston has been competing for 4 years. Their best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 10.02, set at Cubing 4 a Cure Farmington 2023, puts them in the top 6.1% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 448th in the United States. Until August 2010, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since August 2022, they have put 125 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, their 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Their 3×3 best has come down from 14.99 in August 2022 to 11.19, a 25% improvement. Alexander has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 10.02 | 13.84 | top 6.1% | 448 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 | 11.19 | 13.13 | top 11.1% | 5,996 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.83 | 13.95 | top 18.7% | 4,987 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.40 | 4.24 | top 19.0% | 7,440 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.91 | 31.17 | top 36.6% | 4,856 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.83 | 1:31.57 | top 40.5% | 6,590 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 8.22 | 9.70 | top 43.0% | 7,537 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:02.82 | — | top 47.3% | 3,500 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 2:00.72 | — | top 49.6% | 4,168 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 3:43.32 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,290 / 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
- 13 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubing 4 a Cure Farmington 2023.
- 13 Nov 2022Three personal bests in one day at Ohio State Fall Gray 2022.
- 1 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Ohio Valley Open 2022.
- 14 Aug 2022First competition: Pittsburgh Summer B 2022. A 14.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing 4 a Cure Farmington 2023 · 13 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bulldog Winter 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio State Fall Gray 2022 · 13 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Ohio Valley Open 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Pittsburgh Summer B 2022 · 14 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 their.
- Ricky Martin — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Andrew Hetrick — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Braden Richards — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 Square-1 single — 1,533 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.19 away.
Targets move as they improves.