People · United States
Alexander Welch
3×3 · top 6.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021WELC01
Alexander Welch has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.61, set at Marshall Middle Slice 2022, puts him in the top 6.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,612th in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since December 2021, he has put 343 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.93 in December 2021 to 9.61, a 31% improvement. Alexander has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 9.61 | 10.98 | top 6.4% | 3,612 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 42.69 | 45.81 | top 15.4% | 2,356 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.39 | 8.87 | top 15.7% | 4,207 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.91 | 23.49 | top 17.6% | 2,303 / 15,900 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:23.60 | 2:43.73 | top 20.8% | 430 / 2,128 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.30 | 1:34.67 | top 23.7% | 1,859 / 9,537 | |
| 2×2 | 3.99 | 4.90 | top 26.4% | 10,583 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 6.25 | 9.58 | top 27.8% | 4,600 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 36 moves | 39.00 | early days — 3 solves | 746 / 2,059 | |
| Square-1 | 23.57 | 27.77 | top 36.0% | 2,371 / 6,846 | |
| 6×6 | 3:18.62 | 3:24.14 | top 49.9% | 1,889 / 4,262 |
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
- 27 Aug 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.61 at Marshall Middle Slice 2022.
- 11 Dec 2021First competition: Westview Winter A 2021. A 13.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCSD TritoNxN 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2025 · 1 Jun 2025
- UCSD Winter 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- UCSD Extravaganza 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- UCSD Summer 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD For Hemophilia 2023 · 3 Jun 2023
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Oak Valley Winter B 2023 · 25 Feb 2023
- Chula Vista Winter 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- San Diego's Final Cube-Down 2022 · 31 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Mini Mental Breakdown San Diego 2022 · 23 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- WCC Western Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Bernardo Heights Sides Open 2022 · 25 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Marshall Cubing September 2022 · 24 Sep 2022
- Marshall Middle Slice 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Irvine FMC A 2022 · 4 Jun 2022
- Anaheim Winter A 2022 · 5 Feb 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Westview Winter A 2021 · 11 Dec 2021
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.
- Ryan Morrison — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Kavin Tangtartharakul — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Michael Young — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,370 people have one; it is 2.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.