People · United States
Aries Chen
3×3 · top 14.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025CHEA04
Aries Chen has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.05, set at Berkeley Fall 2026, puts him in the top 14.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,673rd in the United States. Across 7 competitions since November 2025, he has put 114 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.06 in November 2025 to 12.05, a 50% improvement. Aries 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.05 | 16.03 | top 14.1% | 7,673 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.70 | 4.52 | top 22.8% | 9,056 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.21 | 10.57 | top 29.6% | 8,328 / 29,168 | |
| Megaminx | 1:47.59 | 1:52.90 | top 39.2% | 2,888 / 8,026 | |
| Skewb | 9.08 | 14.59 | top 49.1% | 8,891 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.46 | — | top 57.2% | 9,992 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 2:16.49 | 2:37.25 | top 59.2% | 5,138 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 46.25 | — | early days — 2 solves | 10,703 / 15,900 |
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
- 2 May 2026First sub-15 3×3: 12.34 at Belmont Spring 2026.
- 18 Jan 2026First sub-20 3×3: 17.48 at SacCubing XXII 2026.
- 18 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at SacCubing XXII 2026.
- 2 Nov 2025First competition: Cool Down Berkeley 2025. A 24.06 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Berkeley Fall 2026 · 11 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026 · 29 Aug 2026
- Belmont Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Duper Super Davis Spring 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Favorites 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing XXII 2026 · 18 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cool Down Berkeley 2025 · 2 Nov 2025
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.
- Chris Martin — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Bowen Deng (邓博文) — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kfir Kliakhandler — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.