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Austin Chang
3×3 · top 0.96% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025CHAN89
Austin Chang has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.62, set at Utah Cubing Classic 2026, puts him in the top 0.96% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 601st in the United States. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since November 2025, he has put 279 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.46 in November 2025 to 6.62, a 51% improvement. Austin 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.62 | 10.88 | top 0.96% | 601 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.88 | 14.89 | top 2.8% | 447 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 2.76 | 4.64 | top 3.9% | 606 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 1.94 | 2.87 | top 4.4% | 1,731 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.59 | 6.25 | top 5.8% | 1,501 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 41.87 | 49.65 | top 14.3% | 2,139 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:09.48 | 1:14.90 | top 15.3% | 1,043 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 41 moves | 46.00 | early days — 3 solves | 1,101 / 2,040 |
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
- 27 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Taipei Cube Open 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Utah Puzzling for Awareness V Favorites 2026.
- 21 Feb 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.56 at Cubing with Dinosaurs Lehi 2026.
- 21 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cubing with Dinosaurs Lehi 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Utah Ice Cubing 2026.
- 13 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at Utah Snowball Bash 2025.
Competitions
- Rocky Mountain FMC Championship 2026 · 15 Aug 2026
- Wild West Wyoming 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Taipei Cube Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Cubing Classic 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Puzzling for Awareness V Favorites 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Newcomers 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing with Dinosaurs Lehi 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Ice Cubing 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Snowball Bash 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Utah Championship 2025 · 29 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.
- Canyon Pettitt — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kinshuk Adokar — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Garrett Webster — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.