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Xander Bailey

3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017BAIL03

Xander Bailey has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.29, set at Eugene Cubing 2023, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,881st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since April 2017, he has put 618 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.31 in April 2017 to 8.29, a 68% improvement. Xander has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time
8.29
signature single · Eugene Cubing 2023
618
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.299.99
top 3.3%1,881 / 59,724
2×22.454.11
top 8.4%3,319 / 40,951
Skewb3.816.94
top 9.6%1,474 / 18,907
4×440.7944.41
top 13.0%1,933 / 19,072
Square-114.7125.41
top 15.7%1,061 / 6,743
5×51:15.541:27.08
top 15.8%1,220 / 9,401
Clock9.4811.10
top 22.5%1,727 / 8,927
Pyraminx6.849.42
top 26.5%7,270 / 28,708
Megaminx1:33.061:47.00
top 30.1%2,111 / 7,841
6×62:54.323:00.32
top 38.2%1,383 / 4,196
3×3 one-handed29.1134.03
top 44.6%6,025 / 15,683
7×75:04.085:18.51
top 51.8%1,509 / 3,184
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 21:58—
early days — 2 solves413 / 731
3×3 blindfolded3:09.95—
early days — 3 solves1,170 / 2,092

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

Eugene 3x3 Mania 2017: 26.31Cubing with the Duck 2017: 23.15Eugene Fall 2017: 24.78Oregon State 2018: 16.95Eugene Spring 2018: 18.53Oregon State Favorites 2018: 17.05CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 18.45CubingUSA Oregon Championship 2019: 14.89Oregon State Leap Day 2020: 11.89Rose City First-Timers B 2022: 10.71Oregon Championship 2022: 9.48Eugene Cubing 2023: 8.29Oregon Championship 2023: 9.86Eugene Ice Cubing 2024: 9.89Oregon Championship 2024: 10.93Eugene Harvest Cubing 2024: 10.34Couve Cubing Fall 2024: 10.33Corvallis 2025: 9.56Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.88Oregon Championship 2025: 8.52Oregon State Spring 2026: 9.66Northwest Championship 2026: 8.398.2926.318 Apr 201721 Aug 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.