People · United States
Alexander Weiden
Square-1 · top 0.79% of 25,272 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019WEID04
Alexander Weiden has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 5.97, set at Colorado Trifecta 2023, puts him in the top 0.79% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 69th in the United States. Until May 2017, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since November 2019, he has put 238 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.30 in November 2019 to 8.36, a 37% improvement. Alexander has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 5.97 | 7.12 | top 0.79% | 69 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 | 8.36 | 10.09 | top 3.4% | 1,954 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.04 | 7.61 | top 7.9% | 2,009 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.84 | 4.19 | top 12.4% | 4,890 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 9.18 | 10.06 | top 20.9% | 1,614 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.28 | 26.71 | top 21.2% | 2,717 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.38 | 1:34.33 | top 28.4% | 2,233 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 56.04 | 1:13.20 | top 32.0% | 5,078 / 19,072 |
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
- 15 Feb 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at Olde Town Parker 2020.
- 9 Nov 2019First competition: Veterans Day Open 2019. A 13.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Colorado Trifecta 2023 · 8 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Loveland Fall 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
- Slopeside Solving 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Colorado Cubing Weekend 2022 · 21 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Pikes Peak Good Morning 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- DeNxNver 2022 · 12 Feb 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Pikes Peak Returns B 2021 · 14 Nov 2021
- Olde Town Parker 2020 · 15 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Colorado Springs Winter 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Veterans Day Open 2019 · 9 Nov 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 48 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Stone Amsbaugh — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Oliver Michael Sitja Sichel — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Square-1 single — 68 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.