People · India
Alina Shaikh
3×3 · top 3.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023SHAI01
Alina Shaikh has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.46, set at IISER Pune October Heat 2026, puts her in the top 3.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 367th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2023, she has put 122 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 11.26 in May 2023 to 8.46, a 25% improvement. Alina has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.46 | 9.54 | top 3.7% | 367 / 20,146 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.41 | 7.51 | top 9.8% | 554 / 8,971 | |
| 2×2 | 3.88 | 4.97 | top 25.0% | 2,185 / 12,225 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.87 | 33.26 | top 31.2% | 1,151 / 4,534 |
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
- 19 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.61 at Kalyani Cube Open 2024.
- 20 May 2023First competition: Pavillion Cube Open 2023. A 11.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- IISER Pune October Heat 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- IISER Pune PARAM Open 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- IISER Pune Autumn Open 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kalyani Cube Open 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pune Unscrambled 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pavillion Cube Open 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Dhruva Nikhil Jagtap — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Pranav Dandgaval — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Jay Nikhil Gadgil — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as she improves.