People · United States
Alec Cheng
3×3 · top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024CHEN23
Alec Cheng has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.02, set at Marietta Monday Mini III 2026, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,624th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since March 2024, he has put 276 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.27 in March 2024 to 8.02, a 29% improvement. Alec has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 8.02 | 10.67 | top 2.8% | 1,624 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 31.56 | — | top 4.6% | 90 / 2,092 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.35 | 5.40 | top 4.9% | 1,281 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 56.66 | 1:00.51 | top 8.2% | 574 / 7,841 | |
| 2×2 | 2.49 | 5.10 | top 8.8% | 3,460 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.54 | 21.04 | top 11.5% | 1,501 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 39.84 | 43.87 | top 12.0% | 1,763 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.05 | 1:28.34 | top 18.3% | 1,417 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 9 of 10 cubes · 49:14 | — | early days — 2 solves | 168 / 731 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 7:07.12 | 7:39.75 | early days — 3 solves | 157 / 440 |
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
- 6 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Marietta Monday Mini III 2026.
- 21 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.77 at West Coast Cubing Tour: San Diego 2025.
- 30 Mar 2025Five personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2025.
- 9 Mar 2024First competition: Vanderbilt Spring 2024. A 11.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Georgia Tech Tuesday Tiny I 2026 · 14 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Marietta Monday Mini III 2026 · 6 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Middle Georgia March Madness 2026 · 21 Mar 2026
- Super Duper San Diego 2026 · 9 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ogunquit Winter 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCLA Summer 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- West Coast Cubing Tour: San Diego 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2025 · 1 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- UCSD Weeknights I 2024 · 18 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Super Duper San Diego 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Vanderbilt Spring 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Muhtasim Al-Farabi — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Andy French — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Shane Grogan — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-30 3×3 blindfolded single — 501 people have one; it is 1.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.