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Saul Alagona
Pyraminx · top 1% of 130,891 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024ALAG01
Saul Alagona has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.91, set at UCLA Spring 2026, puts him in the top 1% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 280th in the United States. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2024, he has put 375 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.46 in March 2024 to 8.33, a 73% improvement. Saul has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 1.91 | 3.36 | top 1% | 280 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 8.33 | 10.11 | top 3.4% | 1,960 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 3.92 | 6.53 | top 10.4% | 1,618 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 2.71 | 3.88 | top 11.1% | 4,435 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 39.87 | 45.32 | top 12.0% | 1,807 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.55 | 22.01 | top 14.0% | 1,839 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:23.32 | 1:28.84 | top 22.0% | 1,725 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 10.66 | 12.73 | top 28.3% | 2,234 / 9,172 | |
| 6×6 | 3:16.13 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,843 / 4,262 | |
| Square-1 | 29.70 | 35.59 | top 48.9% | 3,235 / 6,846 |
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 2026Four personal bests in one day at UCLA Spring 2026.
- 1 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.65 at UCSB Favorites 2025.
- 1 Nov 2025Six personal bests in one day at UCSB Favorites 2025.
- 3 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Burbank Big Cubes 2025.
- 19 Oct 2024Five personal bests in one day at UCSB Cubing 2024.
Competitions
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UCLA Spring 2026 · 15 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- UCSB Favorites 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Burbank Big Cubes 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Agoura Side Events Day 2025 · 6 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Santa Barbara Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCSB Cubing 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- La La Land 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- Agoura Cubing Returns 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Santa Barbara Cubing 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Don't Turn SLOw Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
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.
- Jack Flynn Stewart — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Emil Lazaryev — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Dominic Shoji — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.