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Albert Mao

Pyraminx · top 2.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023MAOA01

Albert Mao has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.63, set at RVA Spring 2026, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 672nd in the United States. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since November 2023, he has put 532 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.40 in November 2023 to 8.36, a 38% improvement. Albert has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 2.5% of 129,321 all-time
2.63
signature single · RVA Spring 2026
532
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx2.634.26
top 2.5%672 / 28,708
3×38.369.49
top 3.4%1,954 / 59,724
2×22.052.89
top 5.1%2,035 / 40,951
4×434.7437.98
top 6.5%1,002 / 19,072
Skewb3.335.77
top 6.7%1,041 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed15.1917.88
top 8.5%1,136 / 15,683
3×3 blindfolded52.951:02.08
top 10.8%210 / 2,092
Megaminx1:03.321:07.29
top 11.7%788 / 7,841
Clock7.498.94
top 12.9%985 / 8,927
5×51:14.311:19.76
top 14.8%1,144 / 9,401
4×4 blindfolded4:28.549:07.99
top 18.1%69 / 440
5×5 blindfolded10:47.00—
early days — 1 solve46 / 218
3×3 Multi-Blind13 of 19 cubes · 58:48—
early days — 2 solves217 / 731
Square-122.9524.91
top 34.6%2,246 / 6,743
6×62:49.483:02.84
top 35.9%1,293 / 4,196
3×3 Fewest Moves37 moves—
top 37.3%810 / 2,040
7×74:29.194:46.94
top 40.8%1,160 / 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

Virginia Championship 2023: 13.40Virginia Still-Open Winter 2024: 9.53CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024: 12.32Virginia Always Open Spring 2025: 10.15Gobbler Cube Day Spring at VT 2025: 9.25Virginia Championship 2025: 9.13Gobbler Cube Day Winter at VT 2026: 9.97TJHSST Winter 2026: 8.74Apex Algs Again 2026: 8.62RVA Spring 2026: 8.368.3613.4010 Nov 202331 May 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-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.