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Alexander Springhorn

3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2009 · 2009SPRI01

Alexander Springhorn has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.83, set at Franconia Winter 2024, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 143rd in Germany. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since April 2009, he has put 1,497 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.28 in April 2009 to 7.83, a 71% improvement. Alexander has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.83
signature single · Franconia Winter 2024
1,497
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×37.8310.01
top 2.5%143 / 4,109
2×22.223.34
top 6.4%256 / 2,875
4×438.8841.39
top 10.8%201 / 1,934
3×3 one-handed16.8424.36
top 12.2%160 / 1,314
Megaminx1:10.251:20.82
top 15.8%115 / 787
5×51:22.421:38.76
top 21.1%219 / 1,158
Pyraminx7.7710.66
top 34.3%795 / 1,987
6×63:09.363:20.16
top 45.3%230 / 586
7×76:45.007:03.69
top 77.4%342 / 510

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

German Open 2009: 27.28Brussels Summer Open 2009: 15.90World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 15.53Dutch Open 2009: 15.84Essen Open 2009: 16.75German Nationals 2009: 12.69Aachen Open 2010: 11.78Norwegian Open 2010: 13.96Benelux Open 2010: 12.08German Open 2010: 12.88Belgian Open 2010: 11.77Cologne Open 2010: 12.58Alania Open 2010: 12.13Düsseldorf Open 2010: 12.36East German Open 2010: 11.33Lemgo Open 2010: 11.61German Nationals 2010: 12.31Munich Open 2010: 11.03Dutch Nationals 2010: 10.59Aachen Open 2011: 9.61Altbier 2011: 10.71German Open 2011: 9.86GHS Ingenhovenpark Open 2011: 9.81Alania Open 2011: 10.50Düsseldorf Open 2011: 11.09V-CUBE Spiel 2011: 11.77German Nationals 2012: 11.00V-CUBE Spiel 2013: 11.21German Nationals 2013: 10.96Duisburg Winter 2014: 8.71German Nationals 2014: 11.28Franconia Winter 2024: 7.83Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 10.26Prague Summer Opener 2025: 8.957.8327.2825 Apr 200921 Jun 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.