People · India
Alina Shaikh
3×3 · top 5.8% of 284,439 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 9.39, set at IISER Pune PARAM Open 2026, puts her in the top 5.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 613th in India. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since May 2023, she has put 104 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 11.26 in May 2023 to 9.39, a 17% improvement. Alina has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 9.39 | 10.66 | top 5.8% | 613 / 20,018 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.41 | 7.51 | top 9.8% | 553 / 8,934 | |
| 2×2 | 3.88 | 4.97 | top 24.9% | 2,170 / 12,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.87 | 33.26 | top 31.1% | 1,143 / 4,516 |
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 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.
- Pranav Dandgaval — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Dhruva Nikhil Jagtap — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jay Nikhil Gadgil — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.39 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as she improves.