People · United Kingdom
Aleena Xu
3×3 · top 6.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023XUAL03
Aleena Xu has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.75, set at Glasgow Favourites Evening V 2026, puts her in the top 6.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 503rd in the United Kingdom. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since September 2023, she has put 174 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 7 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 13.88 in September 2023 to 9.75, a 30% improvement. Aleena has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.75 | 12.15 | top 6.8% | 503 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.53 | 4.35 | top 9.2% | 610 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.56 | 7.98 | top 10.6% | 415 / 3,656 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.23 | 2:08.76 | top 43.4% | 539 / 1,151 |
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
- 3 Mar 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.75 at Glasgow Favourites Evening V 2026.
- 22 Sep 2023First competition: Glasgow Autumn 2023. A 13.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Glasgow Favourites Evening VI 2026 · 17 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow Favourites Evening V 2026 · 3 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Glasgow Autumn Beginners 2025 · 23 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow Favourites Evening IV 2025 · 24 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow NxN Day 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow 3x3 Evening March 2025 · 28 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow Favourites Evening III 2025 · 18 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow 3x3 Evening 2024 · 9 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Glasgow Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow Autumn 2023 · 22 Sep 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 her.
- Shiraz Malik — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Rylan Cheng-Brown — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Bella Campbell — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as she improves.