People · Canada
Albert Bao
3×3 · top 28.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023BAOA01
Albert Bao has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.12, set at UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025, puts him in the top 28.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,730th in Canada. Across 7 competitions since October 2023, he has put 103 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.20 in October 2023 to 16.12, a 50% improvement. Albert has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 16.12 | 17.68 | top 28.2% | 2,730 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.26 | 12.64 | top 30.0% | 1,311 / 4,858 | |
| 2×2 | 4.47 | 4.98 | top 32.5% | 2,226 / 7,173 | |
| Skewb | 9.15 | 13.47 | top 49.4% | 1,348 / 2,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.49 | 46.03 | top 61.6% | 1,466 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 1:44.48 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,144 / 3,118 | |
| Megaminx | 3:29.81 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,068 / 1,375 |
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
- 31 Aug 2024First sub-30 3×3: 16.73 at La La Land 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024First sub-20 3×3: 16.73 at La La Land 2024.
- 15 Oct 2023First competition: Jurupa Valley Cubing Fall 2023. A 32.20 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- City of STEM LA 2026 · 26 Apr 2026
- Poly Cubed at Pomona 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025 · 24 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UCLA Summer 2025 · 20 Jul 2025
- West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025 · 22 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- La La Land 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Jurupa Valley Cubing Fall 2023 · 15 Oct 2023
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.
- August Barnard — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Emil Lazaryev — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dominic Shoji — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.12 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.