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Alexander Watson

2×2 · top 3.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017WATS04

Alexander Watson has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.75, set at Cubing for Cancer RPV 2022, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,289th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since June 2017, he has put 1,025 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.64 in June 2017 to 8.55, a 56% improvement. Alexander has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.75
signature single · Cubing for Cancer RPV 2022
1,025
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.753.08
top 3.3%1,289 / 40,951
3×38.5511.18
top 3.8%2,165 / 59,724
Pyraminx4.466.77
top 10.0%2,604 / 28,708
4×441.8148.11
top 14.3%2,130 / 19,072
Skewb4.537.85
top 14.7%2,294 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed18.9824.99
top 17.7%2,288 / 15,683
7×73:29.503:44.36
top 19.6%554 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves36.67
top 20.4%446 / 2,040
5×51:21.671:29.72
top 20.4%1,595 / 9,401
Megaminx1:27.841:52.91
top 26.8%1,844 / 7,841
6×62:34.872:43.14
top 28.2%996 / 4,196
Clock11.4413.78
top 32.2%2,527 / 8,927
Square-124.8929.25
top 38.9%2,531 / 6,743

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

UCSD Summer 2017: 19.64TF3I San Diego 2017: 16.49UCSD Winter 2020: 13.80San Diego Spring 2022: 10.40Geffen Spring 2022: 10.38Marshall Middle Slice 2022: 10.55Marshall Cubing September 2022: 9.63Cubing for Cancer RPV 2022: 11.19San Diego's Final Cube-Down 2022: 11.65Cozy Cubing Poway 2023: 10.45Oak Valley Winter A 2023: 10.13Marshall Cubing Spring 2023: 10.26UCSD Spring 2023: 10.96Gonna Need a Bigger Cube SD 2023: 9.90Westview Cubing Favorites 2023: 10.59UCSD For Hemophilia 2023: 11.01Poway Summer Cubing 2023: 10.07UCSD Summer 2023: 10.87Santa Ana Summer B 2023: 9.23Corona Summer 2023: 9.62Irvine Fall 2023: 8.55UCSD Extravaganza 2023: 10.15Jurupa Valley Cubing Fall 2023: 10.90Thankful for Cubing RPV 2023: 8.55Nub Open Mission Viejo 2023: 9.45UCSD Winter 2023: 11.07UCSD Winter 2024: 9.43Poway Cubing Winter 2024: 9.05San Diego Newcomers 2024: 10.88San Diego Big Cub 2024: 10.57Westview Cubing Favorites 2024: 10.43CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 9.70Super Duper San Diego 2024: 10.448.5519.6411 Jun 201728 Sep 2024

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.