People · United States
Curtis Chen
3×3 · top 53.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025CHEN29
Curtis Chen has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 25.57, set at Wisconsin on Ice 2026, puts him in the top 53.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 31,607th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since March 2025, he has put 25 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.79 in March 2025 to 25.57, a 34% improvement. Curtis has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 25.57 | 36.24 | top 53.9% | 31,607 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 13.36 | 19.10 | top 87.7% | 36,421 / 40,951 |
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
- 24 Jan 2026First sub-30 3×3: 25.57 at Wisconsin on Ice 2026.
- 9 Mar 2025First competition: Chicagoland Newcomers 2025. A 38.79 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wisconsin on Ice 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Midwest Cubing Classic 2025 · 6 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Chicagoland Newcomers 2025 · 9 Mar 2025
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.
- Sawyer McLamb — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead once
- Asher Pliskie — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Brian Johnson — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.