People · United States
Chance Tokubo
3×3 · top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022TOKU02
Chance Tokubo has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.99, set at Davis Fall 2025, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,598th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since August 2022, he has put 234 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.66 in June 2023 to 7.99, a 17% improvement. Chance has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 7.99 | 9.90 | top 2.8% | 1,598 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 36.51 | 47.94 | top 8.2% | 1,230 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.21 | 23.53 | top 21.0% | 2,697 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 4.33 | 5.17 | top 30.7% | 12,233 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:48.50 | 2:00.13 | top 41.5% | 3,367 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 21.59 | 23.66 | top 69.0% | 5,954 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.07 | 22.04 | top 78.1% | 23,112 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 21.71 | 44.25 | top 91.9% | 17,700 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 5:20.53 | — | early days — 1 solve | 7,734 / 7,841 |
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
- 30 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Western Championship 2023.
- 25 Jun 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.66 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023.
- 6 Aug 2022First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 36 2022.
Competitions
- Yuba City Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- Davis Fall 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Davis Spring 2025 · 6 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Yuba City Spring 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Davis Weeknight February 2025 · 7 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Summer 2024 · 17 Aug 2024
- Davis Fall 2023 · 29 Oct 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2023 · 30 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023 · 25 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 36 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Jason Ostdiek — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Sebastian Stone — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Paul Mahvi — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.99 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 6.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.