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Chris Chi

2×2 · top 0.075% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014CHIC01

Chris Chi has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.65, set at Fitchburg Fall 2025, puts him in the top 0.075% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30th in the United States. Until June 2015, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 286 competitions since August 2014, he has put 12,788 official solves on the record across 17 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 22.73 in August 2014 to 4.96, a 78% improvement. Chris has entered 286 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.075% of 186,767 all-time
0.65
signature single · Fitchburg Fall 2025
12,788
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×20.651.26
top 0.075%30 / 40,951
3×34.967.36
top 0.11%75 / 59,724
Skewb1.222.44
top 0.14%21 / 18,907
3×3 Fewest Moves18 moves20.00
top 0.17%5 / 2,040
Square-15.057.04
top 0.28%33 / 6,743
Pyraminx1.683.59
top 0.65%195 / 28,708
Clock3.135.35
top 0.95%93 / 8,927
4×426.5231.83
top 1.2%203 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed10.1913.97
top 1.2%186 / 15,683
3×3 blindfolded20.4025.75
top 1.5%37 / 2,092
5×553.2256.70
top 2.8%217 / 9,401
Megaminx45.0252.30
top 3.1%223 / 7,841
6×61:37.021:42.74
top 3.4%122 / 4,196
3×3 Multi-Blind24 of 26 cubes · 58:53—
top 3.8%31 / 731
7×72:44.582:50.02
top 6.5%177 / 3,184
4×4 blindfolded3:09.729:02.32
top 8.6%35 / 440
5×5 blindfolded7:33.7316:34.00
top 12.4%26 / 218

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

US Nationals 2014: 22.73Virginia Open Spring 2015: 16.30US Nationals 2015: 12.07Norwich Summer 2015: 12.88Northeastern Fall 2015: 12.32Manhasset Fall 2015: 10.61Toronto Open Fall 2015: 10.16MIT Fall 2015: 11.24Liberty Science 2015: 14.19Red Cross Cubing Open 2016: 10.87Princeton Winter 2016: 9.83Williams Winter 2016: 9.36Melrose Winter 2016: 11.40Big Apple Cube Clash 2016: 11.11Manhasset Spring 2016: 10.59MIT Spring 2016: 9.99Big Apple Spring 2016: 10.17Cube For A Cure Spring 2016: 9.96Cube4Cam 2016: 9.70Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 9.65Lexington Summer 2016: 8.49Melrose Summer 2016: 9.61US Nationals 2016: 9.61Sharon Summer 2016: 8.74New York City Summer 2016: 10.21Quabbin Open 2016: 10.11Hudson Valley Open Fall 2016: 8.53Clifton Winter 2017: 9.33Monument Mountain Winter 2017: 8.43Ledgewood Winter Open 2017: 9.17New York City Winter 2017: 10.73Red Cross Cubing Open 2017: 9.54Big Cube Bash 2017: 7.81Quabbin Spring 2017: 9.01Hudson Valley Spring 2017: 8.49Lexington Summer 2017: 8.67CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 8.24World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 8.93Swiss Open 2017: 8.66Princeton Fall 2017: 8.58UPenn Cube Day Fall 2017: 8.04TJHSST Fall 2017: 8.37Liberty Science Center Open 2017: 9.35New York City Winter 2018: 6.68Slow N Steady Winter 2018: 8.12Binghamton Winter Cube Day 2018: 8.62No Place For DNF Spring 2018: 8.04New York City Spring 2018: 9.31North Plainfield Open 2018: 9.38Maryland 2018: 8.75Brooklyn 2018: 8.81First State 2018: 9.11CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 8.42Pennsylvania 2018: 7.79Quinnipiac 2018: 8.19Kew Forest Open 2018: 8.80New York City Fall 2018: 9.68Lower Moreland Fall 2018: 7.65Penn Cube Day Fall 2018: 9.04New Hope Open Winter 2019: 8.37Princeton Winter 2019: 7.82CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019: 8.77Long Island Winter 2019: 7.05Lower Moreland Winter 2019: 7.98SBU Spring 2019: 8.13Empire State Spring 2019: 7.12Warm Up Canberra 2019: 8.33Warm Up Sydney 2019: 8.33WCA World Championship 2019: 8.71Massachusetts Championship 2019: 7.71CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 7.38Michigan 2019: 7.22Quabbin Summer 2019: 7.90Ridge Cubing Fall 2019: 8.05Brooklyn Fall 2019: 7.64No Place For DNF Fall 2019: 7.72Liberty Science Center Open 2019: 6.39No Shoes Kentucky 2019: 6.99Princeton Winter 2020: 8.46Constitution State Winter 2020: 7.41Babylon Winter 2020: 8.62Skewbadelphia Winter 2020: 7.13Empire State Summer A 2021: 8.06Pittsburgh Fall 2021: 7.40Bulldog Holiday Bash 2021: 7.21Empire State Winter B 2022: 6.66Bulldog Winter 2.0 2022: 7.76Saint John's Spring 2022: 7.49CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 8.22Lake Erie Showdown 2022: 8.38Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 7.20Pittsburgh Summer A 2022: 7.07Westport Summer 2022: 6.86Pretzel Mania 2022: 7.73Lake Erie Cubing Clash 2022: 6.91Cuber Jackets Fall 2022: 4.96Pittsburgh Fall 2022: 6.27New York New Year 2023: 7.08Puzzling in Providence 2023: 7.44Mum's the Word 2023: 6.39Troy Story 2023: 6.77Bulldog Winter 2023: 7.97Cubing in the Clouds 2023: 6.97Clash at Carlisle Spring 2023: 7.75Stevenage May 2023: 7.85Washtenaw Qualifier 2023: 7.09Wilmington Warmup 2023: 6.64Ohio State Summer Solving 2023: 7.02Bulldog Spring 2023: 6.84Flag City Summer 2023: 6.54CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 8.01Mystic Cubikon 2023: 6.51Pretzel Mania Summer 2023: 6.25Michigan Mini 7 2023: 6.96Rapidly Grand 2023: 6.94Railroad City 2023: 7.17Ohio State Fall 2023: 7.37Lake Erie Showdown 2023: 6.58CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 6.92ALL1- Pittsburgh 2023: 7.67Winchester Wind Down 2023: 6.36New York New Year 2024: 5.95BHT Pyraminx Bash 2024: 7.38USC Cubing 2024: 8.73Eastwood Cubing 2024: 6.80Happy Valley Spring 2024: 5.31Plum Puzzles 2024: 7.57Ohio State Spring 2024: 6.46Country Roads Huntington 2024: 7.76Washtenaw Qualifiers 2024: 7.26Ohio State Summer 2024: 6.75Concord Summer 2024: 7.41Apple Cider Open MA 2024: 6.64Wakefield MA Summer 2024: 6.78Saratoga Springs Summer 2024: 6.37Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 8.13Westport Summer 2024: 7.27CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 7.34New Rochelle at Nite 5 2024: 8.09CubingUSA New England Championship 2024: 7.67Hudson Valley Summer 2024: 7.14High Five Bloomsburg 2024: 6.27Tri-State Corner Comms PA 2024: 7.11Christmas City Cubing PA 2024: 7.26CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024: 6.55Ohio State Fall 2024: 7.64Be Placid in Lake Placid 2024: 6.24Saranac Lake 2024: 7.93Flushing Open PM 2024: 7.53Ashfield Winter Open 2024: 6.53Flushing Glow PM 2024: 6.50Long Island Winter Solstice 2024: 8.08A Monday in Ashfield 2024: 8.39Kisco Cubing 2025: 6.31PBs in Palisades Open 2025: 6.47Pittsburgh Winter 2025: 7.46Great Peconic Bay 2025: 6.76Catskills Spring 2025: 6.56PBs in Palisades Spring 2025: 6.99The Battle of Lexington Semiquincentennial 2025: 6.73Connecticut Spring 2025: 6.66Salem Cubikon 2025: 7.06Saint John's Warm Up 2025: 6.19Worlds Prep in Palisades 2025: 6.70Upper Valley Cube Day 2025: 6.72Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.44Connecticut Championship 2025: 6.85CubingUSA New England Championship 2025: 7.57Gouverneur Summer 2025: 7.14CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025: 5.73Fitchburg Fall 2025: 7.46Gouverneur NxNoPeeking 2025: 6.25Westport Fall 2025: 7.44Clocktober Classic NY 2025: 6.47New York Championship 2025: 7.00Saint Mike's Cube Fest VT 2025: 6.39Brooklyn Waldorf Winter 2025: 7.33New York New Year 2025: 6.04Westport Icebreaker 2026: 5.75Berkshires Cube Day at BART 2026: 7.15Elmira Winter 2026: 8.01Corning Winter 2026: 5.72Mohawk Valley Winter 2026: 8.19UMass Spring 2026: 5.97Liberty Science Center Open B 2026: 7.04Empire State ALL11-Stars 2026: 7.18Cubing in the 'Cuse 2026: 7.72PBs in Palisades Spring 2026: 6.87Marble City Cubing NY 2026: 6.72New Providence Spring AM 2026: 6.94No Clocks in Greenpoint 2026: 6.54Great Peconic Bay 2026: 5.74Quabbin Spring 2026: 6.72CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026: 7.54Hudson Valley Spring 2026: 5.79NAC Prep in Palisades 2026: 5.49Westport Summer 2026: 6.12Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 7.13No Skewba Diving in Greenport 2026: 7.46Syracuse Elite Cubing 2026: 6.98Hawaii Championship 2026: 6.95Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 7.25Catskills Summer 2026: 7.084.9622.731 Aug 201429 Aug 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 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.