People · United States
Alex Lao
3×3 · top 5.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025LAOA01
Alex Lao has been competing for 10 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.06, set at Duper Super Davis Spring 2026, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,795th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since October 2025, he has put 96 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.32 in October 2025 to 9.06, a 12% 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 | 9.06 | 10.53 | top 5.0% | 2,795 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.41 | 3.41 | top 8.0% | 3,178 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 41.58 | 49.27 | top 14.0% | 2,086 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.65 | 19.49 | top 16.8% | 2,179 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.61 | 1:37.42 | top 27.8% | 2,185 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 8.29 | 11.78 | top 43.5% | 7,635 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:55.72 | 2:08.16 | top 43.5% | 3,173 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:34.70 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,564 / 2,092 |
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
- 19 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Duper Super Davis Spring 2026.
- 7 Feb 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.80 at Davis Winter 2026.
- 25 Oct 2025First competition: Davis Fall 2025. A 10.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Davis Big Summer 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Duper Super Davis Spring 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Davis Winter 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Fall 2025 · 25 Oct 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.
- Mason Wong — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Matthew Ketroser — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Nathan Scovis — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.