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Steve Albert

Pyraminx · top 6.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022ALBE02

Steve Albert has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.70, set at Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,609th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since September 2022, he has put 886 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.23 in September 2022 to 16.91, a 48% improvement. Steve has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 6.3% of 129,321 all-time
3.70
signature single · Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026
886
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx3.707.07
top 6.3%1,609 / 28,708
Clock8.319.86
top 16.7%1,273 / 8,927
Skewb4.868.09
top 17.1%2,711 / 18,907
3×316.9119.16
top 30.7%16,930 / 59,724
2×25.127.19
top 40.8%16,393 / 40,951
Square-126.2432.11
top 41.9%2,723 / 6,743
Megaminx2:03.632:14.14
top 47.8%3,548 / 7,841
4×41:18.461:26.75
top 54.7%9,327 / 19,072

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

Bluegrass Fall 2022: 32.23Naperville Winter B 2022: 25.56Imagination Station B 2023: 25.88FMC in a Gem City Temple 2023: 25.67Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023: 25.30Miami in an Ohio Oxford 2023: 27.43Bluegrass Bash 2023: 26.62Ohio State Spring Scarlet 2023: 18.71The Blantucky Derby 2023: 26.19Gem City Donuts and Dragons 2023: 23.08Flag City Summer 2023: 26.53Mason Cube Challenge 2023: 21.95Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023: 20.38Washtenaw Fast 'n Late Fall 2023: 26.32Swoop in Again Oxford 2023: 19.90Nimble Hands in Noblesville 2024: 22.87Solar Eclipse in Sycamore 2024: 21.96Mason Cube Challenge 2024: 20.91Cincinnati Speed Solving 2024: 18.58Trains on Main La Grange 2024: 18.20Gem City Donut DNF 2024: 20.53Get Ready Grove City 2024: 17.08Gem City: The Birthplace of Aviation OH 2024: 17.09Flex in Lex 2024: 22.15Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024: 18.13Don't Pop Preble 2024: 20.93Gem City Ohio Showdown 2025: 18.12Cincinnati Speed Solving 2025: 18.98Preble Spring 2025: 18.34Cubing by the Kings OH 2025: 16.91Clock & 'Minx Ohio 2025: 17.41Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025: 18.42Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026: 19.81Morrow Mixup Mania 2026: 20.1716.9132.2324 Sep 202215 Mar 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
  • A sub-8 Clock single — 4,877 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.