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Austin Chen

Pyraminx · top 0.53% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015CHEN20

Austin Chen has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.59, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 47 - Berkeley Pride 2023, puts him in the top 0.53% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 166th in the United States. Until March 2013, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 55 competitions since April 2015, he has put 1,306 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.84 in April 2015 to 7.57, an 80% improvement. Austin has entered 55 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.53% of 129,321 all-time
1.59
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 47 - Berkeley Pride 2023
1,306
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 61% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx1.593.57
top 0.53%166 / 28,708
3×37.579.59
top 2.1%1,242 / 59,724
2×21.562.68
top 2.4%953 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed16.1518.88
top 10.6%1,400 / 15,683
4×446.1149.33
top 19.7%2,994 / 19,072
Megaminx1:29.891:43.95
top 28.1%1,948 / 7,841
Skewb7.439.42
top 37.0%6,321 / 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

Berkeley Spring 2015: 37.84SPCS Stanford Spring 2015: 28.80Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2015: 19.07Berkeley Fall 2015: 20.77Berkeley Winter 2016: 19.10Dallas Spring 2016: 18.76Berkeley Spring 2016: 17.64Reno Open 2016: 16.74Berkeley Summer 2016: 15.03Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2016: 17.00Berkeley Fall 2016: 17.24Armin Open 2017: 13.77Berkeley Winter 2017: 13.69SacCubing I 2017: 12.70Las Vegas Spring 2017: 12.44Florida Cubing Spring Qualifier 2017: 12.07Reno Spring 2017: 10.736.25 Bay Area 2017: 12.45San Ramon 2017: 12.92SacCubing II 2017: 11.85Berkeley Summer 2017: 10.79Reno Fall 2017: 12.43Berkeley Fall 2017: 13.11South Enough 2018: 10.81SacCubing III 2018: 11.88Berkeley Winter 2018: 11.01Bay Area Speedcubin' 11 2018: 13.54Berkeley Spring 2018: 11.44Reno Spring 2018: 9.96SacCubing IV 2018: 11.45CubingUSA Western Championship 2018: 9.47CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 10.67SacCubing V 2018: 9.57Berkeley Summer 2018: 9.45Bay Area Speedcubin' 12 2018: 8.87Berkeley Fall 2018: 11.33SacCubing VI 2019: 9.41Bay Area Speedcubin' 13 2019: 10.16Berkeley Spring 2019: 9.17Reno Spring 2019: 9.76Bay Area Speedcubin' 16 2019: 8.87SacCubing VII 2019: 10.07Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019: 10.72WCA World Championship 2019: 8.81Bay Area Speedcubin' 19 2019: 9.22SacCubing VIII 2019: 9.29Berkeley Summer 2019: 8.00Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019: 9.64Reno Fall In Memoriam 2019: 7.57Bay Area Speedcubin' 21 2019: 8.93Bay Area Speedcubin' 23 2020: 8.67SacCubing IX 2020: 9.42Reno Winter 2020: 8.48SacCubing X 2021: 8.13Bay Area Speedcubin' 47 - Berkeley Pride 2023: 9.627.5737.8412 Apr 20154 Jun 2023

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.