People · United States
Chad Peterson
3×3 · top 25.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024PETE16
Chad Peterson has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.25, set at Corvallis 2025, puts him in the top 25.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,768th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since September 2024, he has put 120 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 23% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.79 in September 2024 to 15.25, a 38% improvement. Chad has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 15.25 | 19.60 | top 25.3% | 13,768 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 5.66 | 7.31 | top 47.2% | 19,089 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.72 | 15.57 | top 65.4% | 19,341 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 11.88 | 15.94 | top 65.4% | 12,180 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:45.69 | — | early days — 2 solves | 13,478 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Worlds Warmup Hillsboro 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025First sub-20 3×3: 16.48 at Hillsboro Winter 2025.
- 5 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Eugene Harvest Cubing 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024First competition: McMinnville Cubing Fall 2024. A 24.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- McMinnville Favorites 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- Corvallis 2025 · 4 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Worlds Warmup Hillsboro 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Eugene Cubing Spring 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Hillsboro Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Eugene Harvest Cubing 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- McMinnville Cubing Fall 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
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.
- Clancy Caster — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tripp Peters — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.