People · United States
Dorothy Chen
3×3 · top 16.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023CHED02
Dorothy Chen has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.82, set at GAN Southern Championship 2026, puts her in the top 16.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,151st in the United States. Across 5 competitions since August 2023, she has put 163 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 89% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 14.52 in August 2023 to 12.82, a 12% improvement. Dorothy has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 12.82 | 14.95 | top 16.9% | 9,151 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 6.08 | 9.43 | top 26.4% | 4,348 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 4.07 | 6.21 | top 27.5% | 11,007 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.99 | 12.62 | top 44.8% | 13,071 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.67 | 1:20.77 | top 49.5% | 8,429 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 2:25.25 | 2:40.15 | top 63.7% | 5,596 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 3:03.54 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,055 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 59.21 | 1:34.75 | top 83.5% | 12,663 / 15,900 |
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
- 12 Sep 2026Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage September 2026.
- 11 Jun 2026Five personal bests in one day at GAN Southern Championship 2026.
- 26 Aug 2023First competition: Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023. A 19.29 3×3 single to start from.
- 26 Aug 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.52 at Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023.
Competitions
- Stevenage September 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- GAN Southern Championship 2026 · 11 Jun 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- NYU Spring 2026 · 5 Apr 2026
- DFW Cubing Fall 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
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 her.
- Michael Conard — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Gideon Dalum — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Casey Ngo — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-6 Skewb single — 19,128 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as she improves.