People · United States
Alec Cheng
3×3 · top 2.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024CHEN23
Alec Cheng has been competing for 3 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 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,665th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since March 2024, he has put 348 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 36,406 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 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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% | 1,665 / 60,666 | |
| Megaminx | 46.80 | 54.87 | top 3.8% | 275 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 31.56 | — | top 4.6% | 91 / 2,128 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.35 | 5.40 | top 4.9% | 1,302 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 2.49 | 5.10 | top 8.9% | 3,527 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.54 | 21.04 | top 11.6% | 1,529 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 39.84 | 43.87 | top 12.0% | 1,801 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.05 | 1:28.34 | top 18.5% | 1,445 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 9 of 10 cubes · 49:14 | — | early days — 2 solves | 168 / 740 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 7:07.12 | 7:39.75 | early days — 3 solves | 159 / 442 | |
| Clock | 14.12 | 18.00 | top 44.3% | 3,651 / 9,172 |
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
- GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2026 · 4 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Alabama Championship 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- 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.
- Katie Hull — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Daniel Mullen — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Justin Barker — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 567 people have one; it is 6.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.