People · Australia
Michael Alexander
3×3 · top 1.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018ALEX06
Michael Alexander has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.69, set at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 114th in Australia. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 46 competitions since March 2018, he has put 2,151 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.83 in March 2018 to 6.69, a 52% improvement. Michael has entered 46 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.69 | 8.05 | top 1.0% | 114 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 1.42 | 3.71 | top 1.8% | 158 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.63 | 6.26 | top 2.5% | 123 / 5,993 | |
| 4×4 | 33.20 | 36.45 | top 5.1% | 136 / 3,051 | |
| Square-1 | 9.42 | 12.83 | top 5.1% | 53 / 899 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.67 | 16.76 | top 7.4% | 169 / 2,659 | |
| 5×5 | 1:06.59 | 1:09.89 | top 9.4% | 128 / 1,356 | |
| Megaminx | 59.77 | 1:07.33 | top 9.9% | 122 / 1,277 | |
| Clock | 7.02 | 10.69 | top 11.0% | 129 / 1,095 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:18.74 | 1:48.54 | top 19.1% | 99 / 394 | |
| 6×6 | 2:19.12 | 2:27.08 | top 20.0% | 113 / 641 | |
| Skewb | 5.51 | 7.84 | top 22.1% | 579 / 3,534 | |
| 7×7 | 3:47.71 | 3:57.34 | top 26.3% | 119 / 523 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 34 moves | 35.67 | top 26.7% | 132 / 468 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 3 of 4 cubes · 25:40 | — | top 75.7% | 133 / 180 |
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
- 19 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2024.
- 12 Aug 2023Five personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Solving in Sale 2023.
- 21 Jan 2022Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2022.
- 14 Mar 2021Three personal bests in one day at Barwon Cube for the Kids 2021.
- 23 Jan 2021Seven personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2021.
Competitions
- Spark Melbourne Autumn Sunday 2026 · 24 May 2026
- Solving in Sale 2026 · 17 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2025 · 29 Nov 2025
- Nimble Newborough 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
- VIC State Championship 2025 · 31 May 2025
- Solving in Sale 2025 · 11 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Spark Melbourne February 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025
- Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kensington May Upstairs 2024 · 11 May 2024
- Solving In Sale 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Don't Inverloch Up 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
- Cubing with Penguins by Phillip Island 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cranbourne Spring Saturday 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Geelong Winter 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Four The Win Dandenong 2023 · 23 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023 · 21 May 2023
- Solving in Sale 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- February Fitzroy Fun 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022
- Wonderful Williamstown 2022 · 23 Apr 2022
- Melbourne Summer 2022 · 21 Jan 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021 · 28 Dec 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021 · 17 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Barwon Cube for the Kids 2021 · 14 Mar 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2021 · 23 Jan 2021 — 7 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2019 · 30 Nov 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Altona Algorithms 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 8 personal bests set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Koalafication Melbourne 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube for Cambodia 2019 · 28 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- St Kevin's College Spring 2018 · 27 Oct 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Melbourne Winter 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube for Cambodia 2018 · 6 May 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- ASFA Speedcubing 2018 · 17 Mar 2018
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.
- Myles Jarman — met in 425 rounds, finished ahead 143 times
- Lennon Hughes — met in 371 rounds, finished ahead 55 times
- Riley Dexter — met in 370 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.