People · Canada
Alexander Liao
3×3 · top 5.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023LIAO08
Alexander Liao has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.28, set at Mississauga Newcomers B 2025, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 534th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2023, he has put 126 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.10 in September 2023 to 9.28, a 58% improvement. Alexander has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 9.28 | 11.01 | top 5.5% | 534 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 2.30 | 4.72 | top 7.0% | 451 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.97 | 9.36 | top 35.9% | 1,642 / 4,858 | |
| Skewb | 7.56 | 13.13 | top 37.9% | 952 / 2,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:08.82 | 1:25.76 | top 45.7% | 1,244 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.57 | 45.02 | top 54.5% | 1,291 / 2,620 |
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
- 15 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.28 at Mississauga Newcomers B 2025.
- 18 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at Greater Toronto 2024.
- 16 Dec 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.89 at Pickering Favourites Autumn 2023.
- 18 Nov 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.16 at Scarborough Fall A 2023.
- 18 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Scarborough Fall A 2023.
- 23 Sep 2023First competition: Appleby Fall A 2023. A 22.10 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pickering NxNxN Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Mississauga Newcomers B 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Appleby Summer 2024 · 6 Jul 2024
- Ajax 3x3x3 Newcomers B 2024 · 24 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Greater Toronto 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Pickering Favourites Autumn 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Scarborough Fall A 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Appleby Fall A 2023 · 23 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 his.
- Dominic DiLuciano — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Kayden Park (박장환) — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃) — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.