People · United States
Alijah Montecinos
3×3 · top 12.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015MONT02
Alijah Montecinos has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.54, set at Texas Championship 2024, puts him in the top 12.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,615th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since April 2015, he has put 140 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.30 in April 2015 to 11.54, a 56% improvement. Alijah has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 11.54 | 13.22 | top 12.3% | 6,615 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.28 | 4.70 | top 17.5% | 6,877 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.88 | 9.56 | top 19.1% | 5,091 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 2:33.65 | — | early days — 3 solves | 5,903 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 16.34 | 22.29 | top 82.3% | 15,789 / 18,907 |
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
- 22 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023.
- 14 Nov 2015First sub-20 3×3: 12.73 at HOOAH SMA 2015.
- 14 Nov 2015First sub-15 3×3: 12.73 at HOOAH SMA 2015.
- 25 Apr 2015First competition: Remember The Alamo 2015. A 26.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- San Antonio Fall 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- Austin Spring Open 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Texas Championship 2024 · 22 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023 · 22 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Houston Spring Side Events 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- HOOAH SMA 2015 · 14 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Remember The Alamo 2015 · 25 Apr 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 his.
- Michael Conard — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Tristan Patrick — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Austin Sanchez — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.