People · Canada
Austin Chuong
3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017CHUO01
Austin Chuong has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.16, set at BC Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 151st in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since January 2017, he has put 392 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.84 in January 2017 to 7.16, a 52% improvement. Austin has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.16 | 8.17 | top 1.5% | 151 / 10,392 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.70 | 15.67 | top 4.0% | 90 / 2,620 | |
| 2×2 | 1.93 | 4.68 | top 4.3% | 271 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 38.36 | 44.10 | top 10.2% | 239 / 3,118 | |
| 5×5 | 1:21.98 | 1:27.88 | top 20.7% | 241 / 1,499 | |
| 6×6 | 3:06.13 | 3:19.46 | top 43.9% | 227 / 665 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:55.60 | — | early days — 1 solve | 187 / 351 | |
| 7×7 | 5:30.41 | 5:42.73 | early days — 3 solves | 254 / 503 | |
| Skewb | 12.88 | 15.49 | top 70.1% | 2,009 / 2,907 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 23 Aug 2019Three personal bests in one day at Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019.
- 4 May 2019Three personal bests in one day at Fraser Valley Spring Open 2019.
- 23 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at St. John's Spring Open 2018.
- 7 Apr 2018Four personal bests in one day at Fraser Valley Spring Open 2018.
- 6 Jan 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.22 at Vancouver Open Winter 2018.
- 6 Jan 2018Three personal bests in one day at Vancouver Open Winter 2018.
Competitions
- BC Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Richmond Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- Canadian Championship 2023 · 13 Jul 2023
- Richmond Open A 2021 · 11 Dec 2021
- BC Cubing Comeback B 2021 · 26 Sep 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- UBC Open 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019 · 23 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Fraser Valley Spring Open 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Select Winter 2018 · 2 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Select 2018 · 30 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- St. John's Spring Open 2018 · 23 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Fraser Valley Spring Open 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2018 · 6 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Summer 2017 · 10 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2017 · 7 Jan 2017
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.
- Kenny Zhong — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Kyle Van Straaten — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
- Noah Stelting — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.