People · United States
Rex Roche
3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015ROCH04
Rex Roche has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.41, set at Penn Cube Day Winter 2018, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,014th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since April 2015, he has put 421 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.10 in April 2015 to 8.41, a 62% improvement. Rex has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 8.41 | 10.95 | top 3.6% | 2,014 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.55 | 4.28 | top 9.4% | 3,709 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 4.45 | 6.48 | top 14.1% | 2,197 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 45.81 | 55.25 | top 19.3% | 2,935 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.94 | 26.34 | top 20.3% | 2,603 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 17.85 | 19.08 | top 23.1% | 1,524 / 6,743 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.12 | 10.27 | top 28.8% | 7,968 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 2:03.52 | 2:11.93 | top 51.4% | 4,316 / 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
- 16 Dec 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.10 at Liberty Science Center Open 2017.
- 11 Feb 2017Four personal bests in one day at Ledgewood Winter Open 2017.
- 27 Feb 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.80 at Big Apple Cube Clash 2016.
- 21 Nov 2015First sub-20 3×3: 19.03 at Manhasset Fall 2015.
- 11 Apr 2015First competition: Lexington Spring 2015. A 22.10 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ridge Cubing 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- New Hope Open Winter 2019 · 20 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Hudson Valley Winter 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2018 · 8 Dec 2018
- Kew Forest Open 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- New York City Spring 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Penn Cube Day Winter 2018 · 4 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2017 · 16 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Cube Bash 2017 · 13 May 2017
- Red Cross Cubing Open 2017 · 22 Apr 2017
- Ledgewood Winter Open 2017 · 11 Feb 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Clifton Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Hudson Valley Open Fall 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Fall 2016 · 22 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- New York City Summer 2016 · 10 Sep 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Cube For A Cure Spring 2016 · 29 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Big Apple Spring 2016 · 21 May 2016
- MIT Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Big Apple Cube Clash 2016 · 27 Feb 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Manhasset Fall 2015 · 21 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Doylestown Spring 2015 · 25 Apr 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Spring 2015 · 11 Apr 2015
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.
- Livia Kleiner — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Chris Chi — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kymberlyn Calderon — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.