People · United States
Austin Chen
3×3 · top 0.94% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022CHEN08
Austin Chen has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.60, set at Empire State Spring Special 2024, puts him in the top 0.94% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 590th in the United States. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2022, he has put 136 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.00 in January 2022 to 6.60, a 40% improvement. Austin has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 6.60 | 7.74 | top 0.94% | 590 / 59,724 | |
| 5×5 | 1:02.98 | 1:05.18 | top 7.2% | 572 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 37.74 | 40.96 | top 9.5% | 1,420 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.68 | 19.22 | top 9.5% | 1,257 / 15,683 | |
| 6×6 | 2:30.52 | 2:43.96 | top 25.9% | 915 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 5:18.37 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,666 / 3,184 | |
| Megaminx | 2:28.65 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,560 / 7,841 |
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 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at Empire State Spring Special 2024.
- 2 Jul 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.72 at New York Championship 2022.
- 2 Jul 2022Four personal bests in one day at New York Championship 2022.
- 15 Jan 2022First competition: Empire State Winter A 2022. A 11.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Liberty Science Center Open B 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Empire State Spring Special 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Westport Summer 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- New York Championship 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Empire State Winter A 2022 · 15 Jan 2022 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Evan Liu — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Patrick Ponce — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Louis Meunier — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 2.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.