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Alan Jia

3×3 one-handed · top 0.39% of 73,695 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017JIAA01

Alan Jia has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 8.70, set at Waterloo Spring 2026, puts him in the top 0.39% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in Canada. Until May 2015, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 51 competitions since June 2017, he has put 1,251 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.08 in June 2017 to 6.51, a 54% improvement. Alan has entered 51 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 0.39% of 73,695 all-time
8.70
signature single · Waterloo Spring 2026
1,251
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×3 one-handed8.7011.98
top 0.39%9 / 2,620
3×36.517.92
top 0.86%84 / 10,392
4×431.0235.64
top 3.5%76 / 3,118
2×22.103.86
top 5.4%344 / 7,173
5×51:19.381:28.59
top 18.6%223 / 1,499
Pyraminx7.7213.44
top 33.9%1,516 / 4,858
Skewb7.3410.31
top 36.3%899 / 2,907
Megaminx1:54.672:18.95
top 43.0%471 / 1,375
6×63:19.213:31.34
top 50.2%269 / 665
7×75:00.515:29.41
top 50.7%212 / 503
3×3 blindfolded15:42.00—
early days — 2 solves351 / 351

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

Newmarket Open 2017: 14.08Battle of Waterloo 2017: 13.75Pickering 2017: 13.23Oakville Limited Fall 2017: 10.64Oakville Limited Winter 2018: 9.86Pickering Spring 2018: 9.80Oakville Limited Spring 2018: 9.42Newmarket Open 2018: 8.66Battle of Waterloo 2018: 8.87Oakville Limited Fall 2018: 9.38Ajax Winter 2019: 7.89Newmarket Open 2019: 8.61Canadian Championship 2019: 8.86Cubing in the 6ix 2019: 8.61Battle of Waterloo 2019: 9.28Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 8.36Ajax First-Timers 2022: 7.07Oakville Fall A 2022: 7.63Appleby Winter A 2023: 8.28Waterloo Favourites A 2023: 7.81Pickering C 2023: 7.51Markham 3x3x3 Morning 2023: 7.20Southern Ontario Summer - Newmarket 2023: 7.12Appleby Summer A 2023: 7.29Rubik's x Speedcubing Canada All-Stars 2023: 9.46Ajax 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023: 7.53Pickering Favourites Fall 2023: 8.99Scarborough Fall B 2023: 7.36Pickering Favourites Autumn 2023: 7.60Ajax 3x3x3 Newcomers C 2024: 8.13Appleby Summer 2024: 7.34Ontario Championship 2024: 6.51Pickering Mini Afternoon 2024: 7.53Kitchener Mini Afternoon 2024: 6.79Waterloo Winter 2025: 7.75Pickering NxNxN Summer 2025: 7.51Brantford Fall 2025: 7.34Pickering Favourites Fall 2025: 7.47Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026: 8.00Waterloo Spring 2026: 7.93Pickering Favourites Summer 2026: 7.136.5114.0817 Jun 201714 Jun 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 one-handed single — 151 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.