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Alan Chang

2×2 · top 4.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2004 · 2004CHAN01

Alan Chang has been competing for 22 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.98, set at Mexican Championship 2018, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,844th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 58 competitions since December 2004, he has put 1,292 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.24 in December 2004 to 9.99, a 66% improvement. Alan has entered 58 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.6% of 186,767 all-time
1.98
signature single · Mexican Championship 2018
1,292
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.986.26
top 4.6%1,844 / 40,951
3×39.9913.59
top 7.4%4,080 / 59,724
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves34.33
top 9.9%229 / 2,040
3×3 one-handed23.7028.05
top 30.7%3,965 / 15,683
4×458.811:11.19
top 35.2%5,667 / 19,072
Pyraminx9.1719.25
top 46.3%13,320 / 28,708
Megaminx2:08.752:28.42
top 50.5%3,769 / 7,841
5×52:03.182:28.39
top 51.2%4,292 / 9,401
3×3 blindfolded4:08.435:03.31
top 70.1%1,456 / 2,092
6×65:41.74—
top 88.3%3,646 / 4,196
7×78:49.08—
early days — 3 solves3,005 / 3,184
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 18:29—
early days — 1 solve695 / 731
Square-12:57.36—
early days — 2 solves6,749 / 6,743

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

Kennedy Middle School Fall competition 2004: 29.24Caltech Winter competition 2005: 24.88Northern California Fall Open 2005: 17.25Caltech Winter competition 2006: 16.77Berkeley Spring competition 2007: 15.87EPGY California Open 2008: 15.31Princeton Fall 2010: 15.77Newark Head to Head 2011: 14.16Stanford Spring 2011: 14.08Princeton Fall 2011: 11.58Liberty Science Center Open 2011: 13.18MIT Fall 2011: 13.69Berkeley Winter 2012: 14.47Melbourne Summer 2012: 14.93Sydney Autumn 2012: 15.05Melbourne Winter 2012: 16.15United States National Championships 2012: 13.83Berkeley Fall 2012: 13.80Princeton Fall 2012: 13.50Liberty Science Center Open 2012: 15.09Princeton Spring 2013: 13.60Liberty Science Center Open 2013: 14.09Princeton Winter 2014: 14.49Berkeley Mind Sports 2014: 13.58Yale Spring 2014: 14.62Cornell Open Spring 2014: 14.17BASC 3: Flagj Day 2014: 14.87US Nationals 2014: 17.34Vancouver Open Summer 2014: 14.75Berkeley Summer 2014: 15.40Red Cross Cubing Open 2014: 17.87Michigan 2015: 13.60Liberty Science 2015: 17.53Bay Area Speedcubin' 8 2016: 13.44Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2016: 13.28Bay Area Speedcubin' 9 2016: 13.56Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2017: 14.15Cat and Mouse 2017: 13.26Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2017: 14.96World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 12.34SacCubing II 2017: 14.01Arnold Open 2017: 13.13Spanish Championship 2017: 12.98Villanueva Open 2017: 12.69Basauri Open 2017: 12.99Andorra 2017: 13.58CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018: 9.99Roma3 Al Cubo 2018: 12.28Mexican Championship 2018: 13.44Princeton Winter 2019: 12.77Polish Open 2019: 11.36Princeton Spring 2022: 14.61Montemurlo Speedcubing 2023: 14.09Princeton Fall 2023: 15.90Montemurlo Speedcubing 2025: 13.14St. Louis Spring 2025: 12.28Aguascalientes Summer 2025: 12.78Concordia Turning Winter 2026: 13.439.9929.2411 Dec 200410 Jan 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.99 away.

Targets move as he improves.