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Alexander Segal
2×2 · top 7.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023SEGA03
Alexander Segal has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.38, set at Temecula Valley Spring 2024, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,062nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since December 2023, he has put 158 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.64 in December 2023 to 16.20, a 28% improvement. Alexander has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.38 | 3.53 | top 7.8% | 3,062 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 7.84 | 8.46 | top 14.4% | 1,107 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 5.84 | 12.87 | top 24.5% | 3,973 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 16.20 | 19.12 | top 28.5% | 15,576 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.73 | 14.78 | top 34.0% | 9,587 / 28,708 | |
| Square-1 | 33.82 | 41.48 | top 56.5% | 3,736 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 1:38.90 | — | top 69.9% | 12,519 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 3:08.78 | — | top 77.3% | 6,063 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 4:33.68 | — | early days — 2 solves | 9,034 / 9,401 |
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
- 23 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at UCSD Fall 2024.
- 16 Mar 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.85 at San Diego Newcomers 2024.
- 16 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at San Diego Newcomers 2024.
- 16 Dec 2023First competition: UCSD Winter 2023. A 22.64 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SoCal Speedcubing at Super STEM Saturday 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- UCSD Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Temecula Valley Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Weeknights I 2024 · 18 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Temecula Valley Spring 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- San Diego Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Poway Cubing Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
- UCSD Winter 2023 · 16 Dec 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.
- Matthew Dickman — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Anders Arnsten — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Dominic Shoji — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.