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Gavin Chung

3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022CHUN09

Gavin Chung has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.41, set at NSW State Championship 2025, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 202nd in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since June 2022, he has put 826 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.38 in June 2022 to 7.41, a 35% improvement. Gavin has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time
7.41
signature single · NSW State Championship 2025
826
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×37.418.32
top 1.9%202 / 11,709
Pyraminx3.114.98
top 4.0%181 / 5,993
4×431.9839.89
top 4.2%118 / 3,051
2×21.952.66
top 4.4%343 / 8,567
Megaminx52.911:01.27
top 6.4%85 / 1,277
Clock6.667.63
top 9.7%119 / 1,095
3×3 one-handed16.2419.40
top 10.8%245 / 2,659
Skewb4.396.50
top 13.7%354 / 3,534
5×51:17.261:26.09
top 17.0%226 / 1,356
Square-121.1330.18
top 30.5%296 / 899
3×3 blindfolded2:20.85—
early days — 3 solves172 / 394
6×64:48.42—
early days — 2 solves509 / 641
7×79:36.06—
early days — 1 solve493 / 523

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

NSW Open 2022: 11.38Sydney Winter Sunday 2022: 8.95Marrickville Mini Open AM 2022: 10.51Cubing at The Cube Saturday 2023: 9.30North Sydney Cube Day 2023: 9.32Marrickville Many May Open 2023: 9.06Warm Up Sydney Sunday 2023: 9.16Cubing at Tramsheds Saturday 2023: 7.55Simple Sydney Saturday 2023: 8.36Sydney Summer 2023: 8.17Cubing at The Cube 2024: 9.61Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024: 8.69Kogarah Cube Day Saturday 2024: 9.79Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024: 8.30Kiama Winter 2024: 7.71Puzzling Parramatta 2024: 8.64Tramsheds III: August Saturday 2024: 7.71Cubing in Wollondilly 2024: 8.91Sydney Spring Saturday 2024: 7.51Tramsheds IV: Summer Saturday 2025: 7.95NSW State Championship 2025: 7.41Tramsheds V: Autumn Saturday 2025: 7.52Tramsheds VI: Winter Saturday 2025: 7.43Cubing at The Cube 2026: 8.257.4111.3811 Jun 202210 Jan 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.

  • Bryan Eng — met in 148 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Elias Chong — met in 135 rounds, finished ahead 57 times
  • Noah Smith — met in 131 rounds, finished ahead 43 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.