People · Canada
Eric Chen
3×3 · top 7.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018CHEE08
Eric Chen has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.93, set at Pickering Mini Morning 2024, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 681st in Canada. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since July 2018, he has put 40 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.42 in July 2018 to 9.93, a 31% improvement. Eric has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.93 | 11.51 | top 7.3% | 681 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 2.63 | 5.96 | top 10.2% | 667 / 7,173 |
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
- 21 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at Pickering Mini Morning 2024.
- 9 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Ontario Championship 2024.
- 21 Jul 2018First competition: Battle of Waterloo 2018. A 14.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Pickering Mini Morning 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ontario Championship 2024 · 9 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Battle of Waterloo 2018 · 21 Jul 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.
- Nicholas Patterson — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Matthew Lee — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Thomas Imada — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.93 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.