People · United States
Alexander T. Kleen
3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019KLEE01
Alexander T. Kleen has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.12, set at Northern Colorado Cubing 2022, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 887th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since March 2019, he has put 418 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.87 in March 2019 to 7.12, a 49% improvement. Alexander has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.12 | 9.72 | top 1.5% | 887 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 34.51 | 39.37 | top 6.3% | 966 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:08.43 | 1:20.11 | top 10.5% | 827 / 9,401 | |
| 2×2 | 2.78 | 4.14 | top 11.8% | 4,653 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.20 | 7.47 | top 14.4% | 3,781 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 1:16.21 | 1:22.55 | top 19.4% | 1,326 / 7,841 | |
| 7×7 | 3:38.73 | 4:02.50 | top 23.0% | 653 / 3,184 | |
| 6×6 | 2:26.11 | 2:37.93 | top 23.7% | 838 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.89 | 24.90 | top 28.5% | 3,674 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 6.95 | 8.28 | top 33.3% | 5,576 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 21.07 | — | early days — 1 solve | 5,836 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:49.27 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,772 / 2,092 |
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
- 21 May 2022Six personal bests in one day at Colorado Cubing Weekend 2022.
- 12 Mar 2022Four personal bests in one day at Northern Colorado Cubing 2022.
- 14 Nov 2021First sub-10 3×3: 9.11 at Pikes Peak Returns B 2021.
- 14 Nov 2021Three personal bests in one day at Pikes Peak Returns B 2021.
- 22 Jun 2019Six personal bests in one day at Pikes Peak 2019.
- 30 Mar 2019First competition: Rocky Mountain Spring 2019. A 13.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Oredigger Open CO 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- Oredigger Open 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Mile High Megacomp 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Summit Big Cube Showdown 2022 · 15 Oct 2022
- Colorado Cubing Weekend 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Northern Colorado Cubing 2022 · 12 Mar 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Pikes Peak Returns B 2021 · 14 Nov 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Veterans Day Open 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Pikes Peak 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Colorado Qualifier 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Rocky Mountain Spring 2019 · 30 Mar 2019
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.
- Brayden Wroten — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Stone Amsbaugh — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 42 times
- Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 4.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.