People · Canada
Brendan Chen
Pyraminx · top 9.8% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019CHEB05
Brendan Chen has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.41, set at Downtown Vancouver Winter 2020, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 357th in Canada. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since August 2019, he has put 218 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.73 in August 2019 to 13.06, a 49% improvement. Brendan has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.41 | 9.58 | top 9.8% | 357 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 | 13.06 | 15.21 | top 17.6% | 1,659 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 3.51 | 4.60 | top 20.3% | 1,362 / 7,173 | |
| Skewb | 6.63 | 10.73 | top 30.7% | 747 / 2,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.47 | 1:06.47 | top 38.0% | 1,024 / 3,118 | |
| Clock | 14.79 | 21.56 | top 47.1% | 425 / 1,029 | |
| 5×5 | 2:03.61 | 2:12.59 | top 51.5% | 684 / 1,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.35 | 43.62 | top 52.0% | 1,206 / 2,620 | |
| 6×6 | 4:17.00 | 4:30.93 | top 70.8% | 416 / 665 | |
| 7×7 | 6:31.44 | 6:55.07 | top 74.8% | 344 / 503 | |
| Megaminx | 3:42.25 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,126 / 1,375 | |
| Square-1 | 1:21.37 | — | top 93.2% | 877 / 952 |
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
- 12 Dec 2021Four personal bests in one day at Richmond Open B 2021.
- 26 Sep 2021First sub-15 3×3: 13.54 at BC Cubing Comeback B 2021.
- 26 Sep 2021Four personal bests in one day at BC Cubing Comeback B 2021.
- 8 Feb 2020Five personal bests in one day at Downtown Vancouver Winter 2020.
- 16 Nov 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.22 at SnoCo Fall 2019.
- 23 Aug 2019First competition: Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019. A 25.73 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing With Cold Hands Whistler 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Canadian Championship 2023 · 13 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- UBC Side Events 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Richmond Open B 2021 · 12 Dec 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- BC Cubing Comeback B 2021 · 26 Sep 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Downtown Vancouver Winter 2020 · 8 Feb 2020 — 5 personal bests set
- UBC Open 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- SnoCo Fall 2019 · 16 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Chilliwack Cubes Fall 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019 · 23 Aug 2019
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.
- Kevin Matthews — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Kyle Van Straaten — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead once
- Dilshawn Sidhu — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.