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People · Hong Kong, China

Chen Ching Cheung (陳政璋)

3×3 · top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2017 · 2017CHEN95

Chen Ching Cheung (陳政璋) has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.89, set at Guangzhou Panyu Morning 2021, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 71st in Hong Kong, China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since May 2017, he has put 350 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.64 in May 2017 to 7.89, a 74% improvement. Chen has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.6% of 284,439 all-time
7.89
signature single · Guangzhou Panyu Morning 2021
350
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHong Kong, China
3×37.899.28
top 2.6%71 / 1,347

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

Fuzhou Open 2017: 30.64Maoming Open 2017: 31.59China Championship 2017: 19.86China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 18.04Zhongshan Open 2017: 16.93WHU Rubik's Cube Days 2017: 17.96Yangjiang Open 2018: 14.76Dongguan Open 2018: 10.64GDSY Open 2018: 12.09Cross-strait Cubing Exchange 2018: 13.40Guangdong Open 2018: 12.95Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2018: 13.47Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2018: 9.57Dongguan Mid-Autumn Festival 2018: 11.90China Championship 2018: 10.36Wenzhou Open 2018: 10.61Dongguan Open 2019: 12.84Shenzhen 3x3 Days 2019: 10.04GDSY Open 2019: 11.16Changsha Spring Open 2019: 11.50Dongguan Spring 2019: 9.46Hengyang Open 2019: 10.52Zhongshan Children's Cube Day 2019: 11.47Guilin Open 2019: 9.63China Championship 2019: 10.74Shenzhen Cubing 10th Anniversary 2019: 9.12Shenzhen Open 2019: 8.97Zhongshan NxN Speedcubing 2019: 9.90Jieyang Winter 2020: 9.93Shenzhen Good Morning 2021: 9.35Guangzhou Panyu Morning 2021: 7.89Shenzhen Nanshan Morning 2021: 8.57Guangdong Open 2021: 8.34Guilin Open 2021: 8.16Foshan Open 2026: 9.037.8931.5928 May 20172 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.