People · United States
Eric Chen
2×2 · top 1.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014CHEN50
Eric Chen has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.20, set at Severna Park Fall 2016, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 434th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since November 2014, he has put 356 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.96 in November 2014 to 7.17, a 75% improvement. Eric has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.20 | 2.28 | top 1.0% | 434 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 7.17 | 9.11 | top 1.5% | 930 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.66 | 19.49 | top 7.4% | 996 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.50 | 10.72 | top 10.2% | 2,663 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 42.79 | 47.47 | top 15.5% | 2,337 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:28.07 | 1:36.82 | top 26.9% | 1,855 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:43.99 | 2:00.76 | top 38.3% | 3,072 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 24.68 | 39.97 | top 38.5% | 2,498 / 6,743 | |
| 6×6 | 3:03.63 | 3:30.93 | top 42.8% | 1,585 / 4,196 | |
| Skewb | 8.22 | 10.19 | top 43.0% | 7,537 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:57.68 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,098 / 2,092 |
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
- 29 Oct 2016Seven personal bests in one day at Severna Park Fall 2016.
- 18 Jun 2016Three personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady Spring 2016.
- 30 Jan 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.43 at Slow N Steady Winter 2016.
- 26 Sep 2015Three personal bests in one day at Slow n Steady Fall 2015.
- 31 Jul 2015Three personal bests in one day at US Nationals 2015.
- 6 Jun 2015First sub-15 3×3: 14.64 at Slow n Steady Spring 2015.
Competitions
- Slow N Steady Fall 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- Slow N Steady Spring 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2022 · 29 Oct 2022
- Slow N Steady Fall 2021 · 20 Nov 2021 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Severna Park Fall 2016 · 29 Oct 2016 — 7 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2016 · 18 Jun 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2016 · 30 Jan 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow n Steady Fall 2015 · 26 Sep 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow n Steady Spring 2015 · 6 Jun 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2015 · 9 May 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Johns Hopkins Winter 2015 · 28 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Winter 2015 · 7 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Slow n Steady Fall 2014 · 9 Nov 2014
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.
- Will Callan — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Keaton Ellis — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Henry Savich — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.