People · Canada
Gavin Chen
2×2 · top 1.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019CHEG09
Gavin Chen has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.41, set at Brantford Fall 2025, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 111th in Canada. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since September 2019, he has put 212 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.80 in September 2019 to 8.70, an 82% improvement. Gavin has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.41 | 3.26 | top 1.8% | 111 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 8.70 | 10.63 | top 4.2% | 397 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.69 | 7.55 | top 11.3% | 420 / 4,858 | |
| 4×4 | 41.26 | 49.00 | top 13.6% | 345 / 3,118 | |
| Skewb | 4.66 | 5.56 | top 15.6% | 335 / 2,907 | |
| Square-1 | 14.70 | 21.10 | top 15.7% | 131 / 952 | |
| Megaminx | 1:12.44 | 1:15.22 | top 17.1% | 149 / 1,375 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.82 | 26.49 | top 17.3% | 368 / 2,620 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.50 | 1:42.16 | top 24.5% | 290 / 1,499 |
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
- 30 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Waterloo Spring 2026.
- 13 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.84 at Brantford Fall 2025.
- 13 Sep 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Brantford Fall 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025Five personal bests in one day at Waterloo Winter 2025.
- 24 Jun 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.35 at Southern Ontario Summer - Waterloo 2023.
- 26 Nov 2022First sub-30 3×3: 15.54 at Oakville Fall A 2022.
Competitions
- Waterloo Spring 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Waterloo Fall 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Brantford Fall 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Waterloo Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Kitchener Mini Afternoon 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
- Ontario Championship 2024 · 9 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Waterloo Favourites Autumn 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Southern Ontario Summer - Waterloo 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Oakville Fall A 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Battle of Waterloo 2019 · 14 Sep 2019
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.
- Max Xiong (熊锐明) — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead once
- Nicholas Patterson — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once
- Abdullah Gulab — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.