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Bryson Chen

2×2 · top 33.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023CHEB06

Bryson Chen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.54, set at Belmont Spring 2026, puts him in the top 33.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,314th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since October 2023, he has put 50 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Bryson has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 33.4% of 186,767 all-time
4.54
signature single · Belmont Spring 2026
50
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.547.09
top 33.4%13,314 / 40,951
3×318.3820.80
top 35.3%19,725 / 59,724

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

Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 20.10Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023: 21.08Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024: 22.62Bay Area Speedcubin' 59 LIVE - SSF 2024: 24.67Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024: 24.69Belmont Spring 2026: 18.3818.3824.6914 Oct 20232 May 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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.