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People · Hong Kong, China

Edwin Chen (陳宗源)

3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025CHEN15

Edwin Chen (陳宗源) has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.86, set at Brisbane Summer 2025, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 69th in Hong Kong, China. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since February 2025, he has put 35 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Edwin has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.86
signature single · Brisbane Summer 2025
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingHong Kong, China
3×37.869.51
top 2.5%69 / 1,347

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

Brisbane Summer 2025: 7.86Hong Kong Championship 2025: 8.91Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 9.097.869.091 Feb 20256 Feb 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.