People · United States
Alicia Yu
Megaminx · top 0.71% of 34,786 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015YUAL01
Alicia Yu has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 35.56, set at Side Events in Palisades 2026, puts her in the top 0.71% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 50th in the United States. Until July 2016, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since September 2015, she has put 246 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 35.09 in September 2015 to 9.17, a 74% improvement. Alicia has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 35.56 | 48.67 | top 0.71% | 50 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 | 9.17 | 10.04 | top 5.3% | 2,948 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 34.31 | 41.27 | top 6.1% | 946 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.42 | 8.13 | top 15.9% | 4,201 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 4.78 | 7.96 | top 16.5% | 2,612 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 3.66 | 4.78 | top 22.2% | 8,695 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.10 | 1:29.97 | top 23.4% | 1,808 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.07 | 26.46 | top 29.0% | 3,740 / 15,683 | |
| 6×6 | 3:14.63 | 3:33.78 | top 48.0% | 1,792 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 6:09.64 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,141 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 5 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Side Events in Palisades 2026.
- 23 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Brookhaven Summer 2025.
- 27 May 2022Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022.
- 12 Oct 2019First sub-15 3×3: 10.18 at Brooklyn Fall 2019.
- 12 Oct 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.81 at Brooklyn Fall 2019.
- 12 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Brooklyn Fall 2019.
Competitions
- Side Events in Palisades 2026 · 5 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2026 · 22 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Brookhaven Summer 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Flushing Glow at Night 2025 · 13 Jun 2025
- Flushing Glow Open AM 2025 · 23 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Flushing Open AM 2024 · 24 Nov 2024
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022 · 27 May 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Brooklyn Fall 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Big Apple Spring 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Apple Cube Clash 2016 · 27 Feb 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Liberty Science 2015 · 19 Dec 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Manhasset Fall 2015 · 21 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Norwich Summer 2015 · 12 Sep 2015
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 her.
- Chris Chi — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Alex Maass — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Daniel Karnaukh — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 5.56 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
Targets move as she improves.