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Austin Chen

3×3 · top 1.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022CHEN77

Austin Chen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.68, set at SacCubing XXII 2026, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 657th in the United States. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 47 competitions since September 2022, he has put 1,210 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.12 in January 2023 to 6.68, a 68% improvement. Austin has entered 47 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.0% of 288,433 all-time
6.68
signature single · SacCubing XXII 2026
1,210
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.688.55
top 1.0%657 / 60,666
Pyraminx2.364.19
top 1.9%490 / 29,168
2×21.772.18
top 3.5%1,371 / 41,674
Megaminx47.4649.95
top 4.0%284 / 8,026
Skewb3.585.71
top 8.3%1,295 / 19,164
Clock6.577.68
top 9.3%739 / 9,172
3×3 one-handed17.6421.74
top 14.2%1,875 / 15,900
4×452.831:04.28
top 28.3%4,429 / 19,354

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

SacCubing XIII 2023: 21.12Berkeley Spring 2023: 17.71Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023: 19.72Bay Area Speedcubin' 46 Live - SSF 2023: 17.82Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023: 16.55Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023: 17.56Berkeley Summer 2023: 15.52Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023: 14.93SacCubing XV 2023: 16.59Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023: 12.95Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 11.91Berkeley Fall 2023: 13.59SacCubing XVI 2024: 11.13Berkeley Winter 2024: 10.78Bay Area Speedcubin' 58 - Berkeley 2024: 11.89Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024: 14.51Bay Area Speedcubin' 62 LIVE - SSF 2024: 10.40Berkeley Summer 2024: 12.76Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 10.36Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024: 8.28Berkeley Fall 2024: 8.56Cool Down Berkeley 2024: 9.22Bay Area Speedcubin' 67 - San Ramon 2025: 10.19SacCubing XIX 2025: 8.86Berkeley Winter 2025: 9.50Bay Area Side Events Day 2025: 10.09Santa Rosa Spring 2025: 8.97Davis Spring 2025: 8.66EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2025: 9.71Belmont Spring 2025: 8.72Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.37West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025: 7.93Benicia Open 2025: 9.26San Ramon Fall 2025: 9.08Berkeley Fall 2025: 8.42Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025: 8.04SacCubing XXII 2026: 6.68Duper Super Davis Spring 2026: 7.23Berkeley Spring 2026: 8.18Belmont Spring 2026: 8.07Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 8.07Mountain House Open 2026: 7.05Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026: 7.23SacCubing XXIV 2026: 7.446.6821.1214 Jan 202320 Sep 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.