People · United States
Andrew Chen
3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018CHEA05
Andrew Chen has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.78, set at Quabbin Summer 2019, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 691st in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since December 2018, he has put 185 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.00 in December 2018 to 6.78, a 15% improvement. Andrew has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 6.78 | 8.87 | top 1.1% | 691 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 40.34 | 44.99 | top 12.5% | 1,843 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:21.36 | 1:33.46 | top 20.2% | 1,577 / 9,401 |
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
- 1 Dec 2018First competition: The Battle of Lexington 2018. A 8.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023 · 1 Apr 2023
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022 · 27 May 2022
- Cubing with the Viking 2020 · 22 Feb 2020
- MIT Winter 2020 · 12 Jan 2020
- Quabbin Summer 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Massachusetts Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019
- Salem Cube Trials 2019 · 2 Feb 2019
- The Battle of Lexington 2018 · 1 Dec 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.
- James Quinn — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Derek White — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Daniel Gutierrez — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.