People · United States
Eric Chae
3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023CHAE01
Eric Chae has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.42, set at Long Island Summer 2025, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,023rd in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since July 2023, he has put 95 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Eric 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 | 8.42 | 8.98 | top 3.6% | 2,023 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 42.46 | 45.63 | top 15.0% | 2,260 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 3.31 | 5.05 | top 17.9% | 7,011 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.00 | 37.09 | top 53.4% | 7,383 / 15,683 |
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 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at Long Island Summer 2025.
- 9 Jul 2023First competition: Jay House of Cubes 2023. A 10.13 3×3 single to start from.
- 9 Jul 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.25 at Jay House of Cubes 2023.
Competitions
- Long Island Summer 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- New York Championship 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubes on the Bayside Winter 2024 · 14 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Jay House of Cubes 2023 · 9 Jul 2023 — 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 his.
- Evan Liu — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ayden Dincher — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nico Ozsvath — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 2.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.