People · United States
Eric Chen
3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018CHEE06
Eric Chen has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.89, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,567th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2018, he has put 69 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.72 in September 2018 to 8.89, a 50% improvement. 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 | 8.89 | 11.25 | top 4.6% | 2,567 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.24 | 24.70 | top 26.7% | 3,446 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 4.96 | 6.11 | top 38.8% | 15,566 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.85 | 18.04 | top 66.3% | 19,596 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 20.21 | 27.64 | top 89.9% | 17,332 / 18,907 |
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
- 14 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.89 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024.
- 21 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 11.19 at Berkeley Spring 2019.
- 15 Sep 2018First competition: Berkeley Summer 2018. A 17.72 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024 · 14 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 16 2019 · 11 May 2019
- Berkeley Spring 2019 · 21 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2018 · 15 Sep 2018
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.
- Nolan Yiu — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Varun Mohanraj — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan Jew — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 2.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.