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Cody Cheng

3×3 · top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024CHEN32

Cody Cheng has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.67, set at Back to School Utah 2024, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,306th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since March 2024, he has put 371 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.77 in March 2024 to 8.67, a 32% improvement. Cody has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.1% of 284,439 all-time
8.67
signature single · Back to School Utah 2024
371
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.6710.98
top 4.1%2,306 / 59,724
4×435.9239.21
top 7.6%1,158 / 19,072
5×51:09.161:12.57
top 11.0%854 / 9,401
2×23.034.95
top 14.6%5,719 / 40,951
Megaminx1:08.431:16.09
top 14.7%997 / 7,841
7×73:16.843:31.73
top 15.3%431 / 3,184
6×62:14.142:18.81
top 17.4%616 / 4,196
3×3 one-handed20.4023.62
top 21.5%2,766 / 15,683
Skewb6.4010.01
top 28.9%4,743 / 18,907
Pyraminx7.438.42
top 31.4%8,767 / 28,708
Clock13.9115.24
top 43.4%3,494 / 8,927
Square-134.2853.02
top 57.2%3,774 / 6,743

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

Utah Newcomers 2024: 12.77Burley Summer 2024: 11.52Big n Skewb Boise 2024: 10.75Back to School Utah 2024: 8.67Idaho Championship 2024: 10.64Southwest Idaho Newcomers 2025: 8.84Burley Summer 2025: 11.40Boise One-Handed Blitz 2025: 9.80Gem State Sprint 2026: 8.92Meridian Marathon 2026: 10.128.6712.7716 Mar 202425 Apr 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.

  • Cade Beck — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
  • Damian Wilding — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
  • Evan Beck — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.