People · United States
Arin Chang
2×2 · top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2012 · 2012CHAN16
Arin Chang has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.13, set at Berkeley Winter 2015, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,260th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since November 2012, he has put 231 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.84 in November 2012 to 9.47, a 44% improvement. Arin has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.13 | 3.38 | top 5.7% | 2,260 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 9.47 | 10.53 | top 6.0% | 3,337 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 42.31 | 45.03 | top 14.9% | 2,233 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.22 | 9.05 | top 29.7% | 8,225 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.09 | 33.07 | top 39.6% | 5,271 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:45.91 | 1:51.82 | top 39.9% | 3,216 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 14.22 | 16.82 | top 75.6% | 14,334 / 18,907 |
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
- 6 Sep 2014Four personal bests in one day at Berkeley Summer 2014.
- 16 Mar 2014First sub-10 3×3: 9.91 at Berkeley Mind Sports 2014.
- 16 Mar 2014Four personal bests in one day at Berkeley Mind Sports 2014.
- 24 Aug 2013Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' Summer 2013.
- 26 Jul 2013First sub-15 3×3: 12.36 at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013.
- 26 Jul 2013Three personal bests in one day at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013.
Competitions
- Berkeley Summer 2019 · 21 Sep 2019
- BASC 7 2015 · 11 Jul 2015
- BASC 6 2015 · 30 May 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2015 · 21 Feb 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2014 · 6 Sep 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Berkeley Mind Sports 2014 · 16 Mar 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2013 · 2 Nov 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' Summer 2013 · 24 Aug 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Stanford Fall 2012 · 10 Nov 2012 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Mitchell Lane — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Paul Mahvi — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Ryan Jew — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.