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Chris Tran

3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2008 · 2008TRAN02

Chris Tran has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.29, set at Cobb Cubes 2017, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,881st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 97 competitions since March 2008, he has put 2,000 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.12 in March 2008 to 8.29, a 63% improvement. Chris has entered 97 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time
8.29
signature single · Cobb Cubes 2017
2,000
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.2910.50
top 3.3%1,881 / 59,724
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves34.00
top 6.2%149 / 2,040
2×22.455.67
top 8.4%3,319 / 40,951
4×438.3948.27
top 10.2%1,514 / 19,072
Pyraminx4.8311.70
top 12.1%3,157 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed17.9722.79
top 15.0%1,946 / 15,683
5×51:22.061:34.37
top 20.8%1,619 / 9,401
6×63:31.043:40.04
top 55.1%2,080 / 4,196
Square-136.97—
early days — 1 solve4,039 / 6,743
3×3 blindfolded3:49.28—
early days — 1 solve1,360 / 2,092
7×75:52.896:08.68
top 66.0%2,000 / 3,184
Megaminx3:06.38—
early days — 3 solves6,000 / 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

Chattahoochee Spring competition 2008: 22.12US Nationals and Open 2008: 21.01Decatur Open 2008: 18.66Chattahoochee Spring competition 2009: 14.84Horizons Open 2009: 15.40Marietta Open 2010: 14.28United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 14.33Full Sail Spring 2011: 13.08Marietta Open 2011: 11.64United States National Championships 2011: 12.58Indiana 2013: 11.60Peach State 2015: 13.22Indiana 2015: 12.97US Nationals 2015: 14.08Atlanta Open 2015: 11.85Music City Speedsolving 2015: 11.92Athens Fall 2015: 16.30Cubing at SkillCon 2015: 12.75Athens Winter Mystery 2015: 11.82Music City Winter 2016: 10.97Peach State Winter 2016: 13.60Athens Spring 2016: 12.55Virginia Open Spring 2016: 12.11New Hampshire Open 2016: 12.56Manhasset Spring 2016: 10.74Alpharetta Open 2016: 11.49MIT Spring 2016: 11.54Big Apple Spring 2016: 13.76Northeastern Spring 2016: 12.38Athens Summer Omega 2016: 13.21Indiana 2016: 12.95Spontaneous Summer 2016: 11.80Melrose Summer 2016: 11.68US Nationals 2016: 13.04Sharon Summer 2016: 12.14New York City Summer 2016: 11.72Princeton Fall 2016: 10.55Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016: 10.88Hudson Valley Open Fall 2016: 11.86ODU Big Blue Winter 2016: 11.03Athens Winter 2016: 11.42South Berwick Open 2016: 10.57Clifton Winter 2017: 11.26Ledgewood Winter Open 2017: 8.80All Aboard 2017: 9.59New York City Winter 2017: 11.29Slow N Steady Spring 2017: 12.68Red Cross Cubing Open 2017: 11.11Big Cube Bash 2017: 9.87EZ Cubes Spring 2017: 11.60Hudson Valley Spring 2017: 11.18Slow N Steady Summer 2017: 10.20CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 12.64Sharon Summer 2017: 10.79Music City Fall 2017: 12.18Cobb Cubes 2017: 8.29Yeehaw 2017: 11.35UPenn Cube Day Fall 2017: 11.07St. Boois 2017: 9.42Berkeley Fall 2017: 13.55Classic City 4 Charity 2017: 10.51Wolfpack Winter 2018: 11.01Whale Sounds 2018: 12.30Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 10.45Midcoast Cubing 2018: 10.54Atlanta Subdivisions 2018: 11.21CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018: 9.83GA Cubers Summer Blast 2018: 9.80CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 9.98Cobb Cubes Again 2018: 9.86Terminus 2019: 10.19CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 9.59Brooklyn Fall 2019: 9.72Bobcat Battle 2023: 10.08Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023: 10.65Bay Area Speedcubin' 46 Live - SSF 2023: 10.67Bay Area Speedcubin' 47 - Berkeley Pride 2023: 11.44Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023: 10.66Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023: 10.58Berkeley Summer 2023: 11.79Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023: 9.80Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023: 10.05Berkeley Winter 2024: 8.62Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024: 10.86EVO Sports Expo Cubing - Santa Clara 2024: 10.91Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024: 12.33Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026: 10.768.2922.1229 Mar 200829 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.