People · United States
Alex Chen
3×3 · top 12.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024CHEN86
Alex Chen has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.64, set at Lakewood Newcomers 2025, puts him in the top 12.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,788th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since June 2024, he has put 99 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.19 in June 2024 to 11.64, a 64% improvement. Alex has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 11.64 | 16.56 | top 12.6% | 6,788 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.04 | 10.32 | top 36.5% | 10,348 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 5.17 | 6.05 | top 41.4% | 16,656 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 11.88 | 16.28 | top 65.4% | 12,180 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 2:45.36 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,255 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 26.91 | 29.99 | top 80.1% | 7,076 / 8,927 |
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
- 22 Mar 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.40 at Lakewood Newcomers 2025.
- 16 Nov 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.24 at Lakewood Fall 2024.
- 7 Sep 2024First sub-30 3×3: 20.99 at Kent Summer 2024.
- 15 Jun 2024First competition: Husky Pride Seattle 2024. A 32.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Warm Up Seattle 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Lakewood Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tacoma Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- Lakewood Fall 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kent Summer 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Husky Pride Seattle 2024 · 15 Jun 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 his.
- Sebastian Valdes — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Gabriel Goit — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Anishk Arora — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.64 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.