People · United States
Alissa Mao
Pyraminx · top 37.9% of 130,891 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024MAOA01
Alissa Mao has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 8.20, set at Virginia Championship 2025, puts her in the top 37.9% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,984th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since February 2024, she has put 126 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 49.18 in February 2024 to 32.08, a 35% improvement. Alissa has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 8.20 | 15.87 | top 37.9% | 10,984 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 32.08 | 37.32 | top 66.1% | 40,276 / 60,666 | |
| Clock | 20.88 | 23.62 | top 67.2% | 5,937 / 9,172 | |
| 2×2 | 9.58 | 15.39 | top 76.2% | 32,117 / 41,674 |
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
- 16 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Virginia Championship 2025.
- 4 Feb 2024First competition: Virginia Still-Open Winter 2024. A 49.18 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Virginia Championship 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- RVA Spring 2026 · 31 May 2026
- Apex Algs Again 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- TJHSST Winter 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Gobbler Cube Day Winter at VT 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Championship 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Gobbler Cube Day Spring at VT 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Still-Open Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024
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.
- Albert Mao — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sarah Kim — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Phillip Kendall — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 47,369 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 180,530 people have one; it is 2.08 away.
Targets move as she improves.