People · United Kingdom
Alexander Preston
3×3 · top 8.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023PRES06
Alexander Preston has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.43, set at Stevenage July 2024, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 629th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2023, he has put 91 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.87 in May 2023 to 10.43, a 48% improvement. Alexander has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 10.43 | 13.15 | top 8.7% | 629 / 6,689 | |
| 4×4 | 1:25.69 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,312 / 2,071 | |
| Skewb | 18.85 | 21.21 | top 87.8% | 2,170 / 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
- 25 Nov 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.90 at Stevenage November 2023.
- 27 May 2023First competition: Hampshire Spring 2023. A 19.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kewbz UK Open 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
- Stevenage July 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage May 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage February 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage November 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Hampshire Spring 2023 · 27 May 2023
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.
- Paige Lovell — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Harry Allen — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- James Kyoichi Curry (ジェイムス 恭一) — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 25.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.