People · Chinese Taipei
Alex Chen
3×3 · top 10.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018CHEA04
Alex Chen has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.05, set at DFW Cubing Fall 2022, puts him in the top 10.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 646th in Chinese Taipei. Across 7 competitions since September 2018, he has put 142 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.78 in September 2018 to 11.05, a 74% improvement. Alex has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Chinese Taipei | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.05 | 13.45 | top 10.6% | 646 / 4,213 | |
| 4×4 | 43.71 | 52.26 | top 16.7% | 369 / 1,078 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.57 | 10.98 | top 16.9% | 259 / 1,016 | |
| 2×2 | 4.00 | 5.81 | top 26.5% | 634 / 1,669 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.83 | 32.85 | top 31.0% | 394 / 802 | |
| Skewb | 6.73 | 10.24 | top 31.5% | 297 / 699 | |
| 5×5 | 2:02.63 | — | early days — 2 solves | 472 / 639 | |
| Clock | 16.72 | — | early days — 3 solves | 232 / 366 | |
| Megaminx | 2:38.38 | — | top 65.3% | 286 / 362 | |
| 6×6 | 4:12.02 | — | early days — 2 solves | 246 / 292 |
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
- 29 Jul 2022First sub-20 3×3: 13.26 at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022.
- 29 Jul 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.26 at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022.
- 29 Jul 2022Seven personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022.
- 19 Jan 2019First sub-30 3×3: 25.85 at Frisco Liberty Cubing 2019.
- 19 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at Frisco Liberty Cubing 2019.
- 22 Sep 2018First competition: DFW Cubing Fiesta September 2018. A 42.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- DFW Cubing Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- DFW Cubing Fall 2022 · 23 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2022 · 29 Jul 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southern Championship 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Frisco Liberty Cubing 2019 · 19 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Trinity Valley Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Fiesta September 2018 · 22 Sep 2018
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Riley Norrid — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chris Deng — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 3.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.