People · United States
Alexander Vassilev
3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016VASS03
Alexander Vassilev has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.18, set at Brown Cubing Day 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 941st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2016, he has put 107 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.75 in July 2016 to 7.18, a 70% 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 States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.18 | 8.80 | top 1.5% | 941 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.41 | 5.14 | top 19.1% | 7,489 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.47 | 23.82 | top 24.5% | 3,151 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.80 | 14.95 | top 26.2% | 7,189 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 2:33.06 | 2:58.97 | top 67.2% | 5,871 / 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
- 22 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.58 at Ocean State Cubikon 2024.
- 22 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Ocean State Cubikon 2024.
- 20 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.26 at Rose City 2019.
- 20 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Rose City 2019.
- 27 Aug 2016First sub-20 3×3: 17.00 at Oregon 2016.
- 29 Jul 2016First competition: US Nationals 2016. A 23.75 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Brown Cubing Day 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ocean State Cubikon 2024 · 22 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Gaston Toe Twiddling 2019 · 17 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Rose City 2019 · 20 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Oregon 2016 · 27 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2016 · 29 Jul 2016
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.
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kit Clement — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
- Aiden Bartlett — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.18 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.