People · United States
Alex Chiu
3×3 · top 25.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024CHIU02
Alex Chiu has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.44, set at UMBC Fall 2024, puts him in the top 25.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,108th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since February 2024, he has put 45 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 22% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.04 in February 2024 to 15.44, a 19% improvement. Alex 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 | 15.44 | 24.03 | top 25.9% | 14,108 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.09 | 6.94 | top 27.6% | 10,927 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:32.43 | 1:41.59 | top 65.4% | 11,555 / 19,072 |
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
- 10 Feb 2024First competition: Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024. A 19.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Derwood Cubing Derby Spring 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UMBC Fall 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024 · 10 Feb 2024
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.
- Brad Hoffman — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Stone Payne — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Currin Wilson — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.