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Alexander Lin

3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2007 · 2007LING01

Alexander Lin has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.28, set at Berkeley Spring 2025, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,868th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 46 competitions since January 2007, he has put 1,130 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.34 in January 2007 to 8.28, an 84% improvement. Alexander has entered 46 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time
8.28
signature single · Berkeley Spring 2025
1,130
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.2810.22
top 3.3%1,868 / 59,724
2×22.624.05
top 10.1%3,980 / 40,951
4×439.1046.36
top 11.1%1,636 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed17.0620.59
top 12.7%1,646 / 15,683
5×51:21.671:30.03
top 20.4%1,595 / 9,401
6×63:22.903:33.94
top 51.8%1,942 / 4,196
7×75:28.385:54.34
top 59.3%1,769 / 3,184

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

Caltech Winter competition 2007: 52.34Berkeley Spring competition 2007: 19.61Caltech Discovery Spring competition 2007: 20.75US Open 2007: 22.51Caltech Summer competition 2007: 19.30Caltech Fall competition 2007: 15.55Discovery Science Center competition 2008: 14.08US Nationals and Open 2008: 12.71Caltech Fall 2008: 11.59Discovery Science Center competition 2009: 12.68US Nationals 2009: 16.31Nisei Week Open 2009: 13.55Caltech Fall competition 2009: 11.80Discovery Science Center Winter 2009: 11.78Bayview Hills Open 2010: 14.34Caltech Winter 2010: 11.21Moose Lodge 2010: 11.52Discovery Science Center competition 2010: 12.44San Diego Open 2010: 12.83United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 11.19Nisei Week Open 2010: 11.69Taiwan Summer Open 2010: 12.44Marymount Open 2010: 9.43Caltech Winter 2011: 11.80Caltech Prefrosh 2011: 11.34San Diego 2011: 10.25Taiwan Summer 2011: 10.41Caltech Spring 2012: 12.33Taiwan Summer Open 2012: 11.62Eagle Peak - San Diego Open 2012: 12.00World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 11.31Taiwan Summer Open 2013: 10.31Nisei Week 2014: 10.36World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 11.45Nisei Week 2015: 9.31Caltech Fall 2015: 10.50World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 10.72WCA World Championship 2019: 10.26Nisei Week 2019: 10.08Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019: 9.07Berkeley Fall 2024: 9.03Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024: 10.22Berkeley Winter 2025: 9.19Berkeley Spring 2025: 8.28Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.26Berkeley Fall 2025: 10.648.2852.3413 Jan 20074 Oct 2025

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.