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Austin Chen

3×3 · top 1.0% of 284,439 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 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 642nd in the United States. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 46 competitions since September 2022, he has put 1,170 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 35,811 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 46 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.0% of 284,439 all-time
6.68
signature single · SacCubing XXII 2026
1,170
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%642 / 59,724
Pyraminx2.364.19
top 1.9%486 / 28,708
2×21.772.18
top 3.4%1,339 / 40,951
Megaminx47.4649.95
top 4.0%280 / 7,841
Skewb3.585.71
top 8.2%1,272 / 18,907
Clock6.577.68
top 9.4%725 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed17.6421.74
top 14.2%1,842 / 15,683
4×457.801:08.21
top 34.1%5,459 / 19,072

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: 7.236.6821.1214 Jan 202329 Aug 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 — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.