People · United States
Alina Zhu
3×3 · top 0.55% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023ZHUA03
Alina Zhu has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.11, set at New Braunfels Comal Cubing Classic 2026, puts her in the top 0.55% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 369th in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since April 2023, she has put 393 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 8.12 in April 2023 to 6.11, a 25% improvement. Alina has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 6.11 | 6.44 | top 0.55% | 369 / 59,724 | |
| Megaminx | 35.40 | 37.68 | top 0.7% | 49 / 7,841 | |
| Pyraminx | 1.76 | 2.63 | top 0.76% | 229 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 1.22 | 1.43 | top 1.1% | 461 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 3.40 | 4.03 | top 1.3% | 124 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 29.04 | 37.07 | top 2.3% | 372 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 57.46 | 1:00.07 | top 4.3% | 352 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 3.21 | 5.21 | top 6.1% | 942 / 18,907 | |
| 6×6 | 2:02.75 | 2:06.73 | top 12.1% | 434 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 3:07.88 | 3:21.41 | top 12.7% | 347 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:01.86 | — | early days — 3 solves | 257 / 2,092 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.81 | 23.52 | top 22.7% | 2,915 / 15,683 |
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
- 25 Oct 2025Eleven personal bests in one day at San Antonio Fall 2025.
- 1 Apr 2023First competition: Cube Against Cancer Texas 2023. A 8.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Georgetown Weeknight 1 2026 · 13 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- New Braunfels Comal Cubing Classic 2026 · 1 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Temple Cubing Fall 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- San Antonio Fall 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 11 personal bests set
- Space City Fall TX 2025 · 19 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- The Heart of Texas Fall 2025 · 14 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- Space City Winter TX 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Space City Winter 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Space City Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Texas 2023 · 1 Apr 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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Tristan Patrick — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Benjamin Spradley — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 5.40 away.
Targets move as she improves.