People · United States
Alan Hu
3×3 · top 5.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025HUAL01
Alan Hu has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.14, set at Benicia Open II 2026, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,968th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since February 2025, he has put 78 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.58 in February 2025 to 9.14, a 70% improvement. Alan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 9.14 | 11.13 | top 5.2% | 2,968 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.20 | 3.27 | top 6.3% | 2,530 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.57 | 14.08 | top 32.7% | 9,309 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 56.57 | 1:10.12 | top 32.7% | 5,257 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.53 | 28.99 | top 38.3% | 5,152 / 15,900 |
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
- 12 Sep 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.14 at Benicia Open II 2026.
- 12 Sep 2026Five personal bests in one day at Benicia Open II 2026.
- 13 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025.
- 22 Nov 2025First sub-30 3×3: 12.65 at Dublin California Open 2025.
- 22 Nov 2025First sub-20 3×3: 12.65 at Dublin California Open 2025.
- 22 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.65 at Dublin California Open 2025.
Competitions
- Benicia Open II 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Dublin California Open 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Side Events Day 2025 · 23 Feb 2025
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.
- Mitchell Lane — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead once
- Sebastian Stone — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Matthew Ketroser — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.14 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.