People · Canada
Alex Lin
3×3 · top 2.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024LINA04
Alex Lin has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.51, set at St. John's Fall 2025, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 207th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since June 2024, he has put 156 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.30 in June 2024 to 7.51, a 19% improvement. Alex has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.51 | 9.41 | top 2.0% | 207 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 2.54 | 3.97 | top 9.4% | 619 / 7,245 | |
| 4×4 | 37.69 | 41.21 | top 9.5% | 225 / 3,180 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.12 | 7.76 | top 13.9% | 548 / 4,913 | |
| Megaminx | 1:17.31 | 1:24.24 | top 20.1% | 190 / 1,393 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.86 | 27.80 | top 36.6% | 809 / 2,632 | |
| 5×5 | 1:41.91 | 1:51.43 | top 36.9% | 472 / 1,546 |
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
- 4 Oct 2026Four personal bests in one day at St. John's Fall 2026.
- 29 Jun 2024First competition: Carleton Place Summer 2024. A 9.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- St. John's Fall 2026 · 4 Oct 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- St. John's Winter 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- St. John's Fall 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- St. John's Spring 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Carleton Place Summer 2024 · 29 Jun 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.
- Damon Squires — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Tai Sullivan — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Nick Slade — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.51 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.