People · United States
Alen Lin
3×3 · top 19.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025LINA01
Alen Lin has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.58, set at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026, puts him in the top 19.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,473rd in the United States. Across 4 competitions since March 2025, he has put 142 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.56 in March 2025 to 13.58, a 40% improvement. Alen has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 13.58 | 16.28 | top 19.5% | 10,473 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.45 | 4.52 | top 19.6% | 7,678 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 7.38 | 10.17 | top 36.6% | 6,238 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:51.97 | — | top 41.5% | 3,013 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.06 | 43.48 | top 55.5% | 7,692 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:19.79 | 1:24.05 | top 55.7% | 9,552 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.11 | 13.78 | top 61.3% | 18,026 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 3:01.44 | — | early days — 3 solves | 7,100 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 35.34 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,045 / 8,927 |
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
- 14 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026.
- 30 Aug 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.76 at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 3 May 2025First sub-20 3×3: 17.27 at King of Prussia Spring 2025.
- 8 Mar 2025First competition: New-Cumberland County 2025. A 22.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- King of Prussia Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- New-Cumberland County 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 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.
- Lucas Hongye Jiang — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Zach Ridall — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Maxwell Hillman-Freer — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.58 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.