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Xander Smith

2×2 · top 0.82% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017SMIT16

Xander Smith has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.12, set at The Legacy Begins 2023, puts him in the top 0.82% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 340th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since June 2017, he has put 728 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.26 in June 2017 to 8.32, a 42% improvement. Xander has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.82% of 186,767 all-time
1.12
signature single · The Legacy Begins 2023
728
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.123.50
top 0.82%340 / 40,951
3×38.3210.11
top 3.4%1,910 / 59,724
Clock7.8410.24
top 14.4%1,107 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed18.0021.39
top 15.1%1,953 / 15,683
4×442.8350.18
top 15.5%2,351 / 19,072
Pyraminx5.517.70
top 16.5%4,382 / 28,708
5×51:32.291:43.90
top 29.2%2,298 / 9,401
Skewb6.6512.34
top 30.9%5,099 / 18,907
Megaminx1:58.092:11.21
top 44.7%3,270 / 7,841
6×63:18.023:28.88
top 49.5%1,856 / 4,196
7×75:13.946:06.09
top 55.1%1,622 / 3,184

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

SCC Summer 2017: 14.26SCC Winter 2018: 12.25UIUC Fall 2019: 9.51UIUC Spring 2023: 9.40The Legacy Begins 2023: 9.76Cubing for Autism Missouri 2023: 9.55CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2023: 9.00Springfield Summer Open 2023: 9.40Peoria Fall 2023: 8.46Concordia Turning Fall 2023: 10.78CoMO Cubing Winter 2024: 9.00Concordia Turning Spring 2024: 9.29UIUC Big Cubes Spring 2024: 9.53Missouri Summer Kickoff 2024: 9.18Indiana Championship 2024: 9.14Concordia Turning Fall 2024: 9.96Minxing in Memphis 2025: 8.32St. Louis Spring 2025: 10.36Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.688.3214.2610 Jun 20173 Jul 2025

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.