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Alik Cotton
Pyraminx · top 0.63% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023COTT01
Alik Cotton has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.67, set at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025, puts him in the top 0.63% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 188th in the United States. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since January 2023, he has put 396 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.32 in January 2023 to 10.07, a 63% improvement. Alik has entered 16 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.67 | 2.61 | top 0.63% | 188 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 5.29 | 7.86 | top 5.2% | 409 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 | 10.07 | 13.60 | top 7.7% | 4,218 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.17 | 4.81 | top 16.3% | 6,382 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 6.14 | 7.70 | top 26.8% | 4,378 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 58.92 | 1:08.58 | top 35.3% | 5,688 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.75 | 35.28 | top 38.7% | 5,147 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 2:21.98 | 2:55.07 | top 57.4% | 4,319 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 2:56.74 | 3:16.61 | top 77.0% | 6,914 / 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
- 18 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cobb Cubes and Clocks 2024.
- 19 Nov 2023Six personal bests in one day at Algorithms on Abercorn 2023.
- 23 Sep 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Clarks Hill Cubing 2023.
- 16 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.89 at Staunton Speedsolving 2023.
- 7 May 2023First sub-20 3×3: 15.96 at AlphaCubing B 2023.
Competitions
- GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2026 · 16 May 2026
- GA Cubers Warm Up 2026 · 29 Mar 2026
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Scenic City Scramble TN 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Clayton State Cubing 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cobb Cubes and Clocks 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Choo Choo Cubing B 2024 · 14 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Algorithms on Abercorn 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- T-Town Showdown 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Clarks Hill Cubing 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Staunton Speedsolving 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pickett's Mill Battlefield 2023 · 9 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- AlphaCubing B 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Simpson Scramble 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Music City Speedsolving 2023 · 21 Jan 2023
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.
- Katie Hull — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Alex Bohac — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Raymond Goslow — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
- A sub-5 Clock single — 1,421 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.