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Eric Chen

3×3 · top 13.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018CHEE05

Eric Chen has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.97, set at Penn Cube Day Spring 2026, puts him in the top 13.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,390th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since June 2018, he has put 75 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.05 in June 2018 to 11.97, a 54% improvement. Eric has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.8% of 284,439 all-time
11.97
signature single · Penn Cube Day Spring 2026
75
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.9714.04
top 13.8%7,390 / 59,724
2×24.575.03
top 33.8%13,472 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed29.6031.32
top 45.8%6,212 / 15,683
Skewb9.4711.33
top 51.6%9,267 / 18,907
Pyraminx11.2514.86
top 62.3%18,338 / 28,708
4×41:28.53
early days — 1 solve10,926 / 19,072
5×52:54.21
early days — 2 solves6,825 / 9,401

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

Maryland 2018: 26.05First State 2018: 20.79Penn Cube Day Spring 2019: 18.31River Hill Spring 2019: 17.38CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 18.90Penn Cube Day Spring 2026: 11.9711.9726.0530 Jun 201822 Mar 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.97 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.