People · United States
Emi Chung
3×3 · top 3.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025CHUN21
Emi Chung has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.38, set at Benicia Open II 2026, puts her in the top 3.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,022nd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since November 2025, she has put 74 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 11.68 in November 2025 to 8.38, a 28% improvement. Emi has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 8.38 | 9.66 | top 3.5% | 2,022 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 37.07 | 44.94 | top 8.8% | 1,341 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 1:01.21 | 1:10.35 | top 10.7% | 747 / 8,026 | |
| 2×2 | 3.33 | 3.83 | top 18.2% | 7,233 / 41,674 |
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 2026Three personal bests in one day at Benicia Open II 2026.
- 8 Aug 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.14 at Davis Big Summer 2026.
- 1 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Favorites 2026.
- 2 Nov 2025First competition: Cool Down Berkeley 2025. A 11.70 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Benicia Open II 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Davis Big Summer 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Favorites 2026 · 1 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Cool Down Berkeley 2025 · 2 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best 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.
- Bowen Deng (邓博文) — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Stanley Tran — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Matthew Ketroser — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 7.07 away.
Targets move as she improves.