Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → United States → Alex Chen

People · United States

Alex Chen

2×2 · top 2.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022CHEN51

Alex Chen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.53, set at 2x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 909th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 51 competitions since July 2022, he has put 1,384 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.34 in July 2022 to 12.39, a 58% improvement. Alex has entered 51 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.53
signature single · 2x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022
1,384
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.534.15
top 2.3%909 / 40,951
Skewb3.065.31
top 5.3%814 / 18,907
Pyraminx3.506.20
top 5.5%1,425 / 28,708
Clock5.736.61
top 6.4%495 / 8,927
Square-113.6418.64
top 13.3%917 / 6,743
4×442.4551.53
top 15.0%2,258 / 19,072
3×312.3915.04
top 15.2%8,155 / 59,724
Megaminx1:21.751:27.29
top 23.0%1,577 / 7,841
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves43.67
top 23.4%507 / 2,040
3×3 one-handed23.2529.07
top 29.4%3,805 / 15,683
5×51:43.281:49.52
top 37.8%3,018 / 9,401
3×3 blindfolded2:17.81—
top 39.2%827 / 2,092
6×63:13.335:20.59
top 47.4%1,775 / 4,196
7×75:29.265:52.11
top 59.5%1,785 / 3,184
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 23:33—
early days — 1 solve640 / 731

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

NxNaperville 2022: 29.34Milwaukee First 2022: 29.06Cubing Peoria 2022: 23.31Mt. Prospect Open 2022: 22.462x2 in a Madison Lodge 2022: 25.62Naperville Winter B 2022: 18.63Swallow Spring 2023: 22.25West Side Cube Clash 2023: 13.66OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023: 15.46Warm Up in Mount Prospect 2023: 17.10CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 17.92Naperville Summer 2023: 16.10Evanston Summer Big Cubes 2023: 15.40Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2023: 19.03DeKalb Cubing Fall 2023: 17.79Middleton Meetup Tuesday 2023: 16.94Milwaukee Cubing Mania 2024: 15.79UIUC Big Cubes Spring 2024: 15.28Countless Cubes Chicagoland B 2024: 12.39Ackerman Spring 2024: 14.70Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 16.50Cubing in Oak Creek 2024: 15.41DuPage Fall 2024: 16.21Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2024: 16.69Kenosha First A 2024: 15.04Unorthodox Blocks Wisconsin 2025: 14.31South Bend Scramble 2025: 12.55Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 16.40WisconsiNxN 2025: 13.89CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025: 15.72Clock on the Madison Rocks 2025: 13.24Wisconsin Championship 2025: 14.69Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2025: 13.76Racing Kane 2026: 13.173x3 in Madison 2026: 12.93CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026: 12.46Persevere in De Pere 2026: 13.1512.3929.3416 Jul 202211 Jul 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 0.53 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.