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Gordon Chan
3×3 · top 0.72% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016CHAN03
Gordon Chan has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.35, set at Singapore Championship 2025, puts him in the top 0.72% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25th in Singapore. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since February 2016, he has put 215 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.43 in February 2016 to 6.35, a 67% improvement. Gordon has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Singapore | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.35 | 7.64 | top 0.72% | 25 / 1,546 | |
| 4×4 | 27.94 | 31.98 | top 1.8% | 27 / 462 | |
| 5×5 | 52.63 | 1:02.44 | top 2.5% | 23 / 251 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.86 | 23.03 | top 20.1% | 146 / 460 | |
| 2×2 | 3.80 | 4.92 | top 23.9% | 318 / 1,053 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.31 | 11.19 | top 30.4% | 248 / 645 | |
| 6×6 | 4:09.22 | — | early days — 1 solve | 102 / 125 |
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
- 7 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Singapore Championship 2025.
- 24 Feb 2018Five personal bests in one day at Singapore Cube Championship 2018.
- 18 Feb 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.81 at Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2017.
- 18 Feb 2017Five personal bests in one day at Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2017.
- 18 Jun 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.73 at Singapore Cubewerkz Open 2016.
- 18 Jun 2016Three personal bests in one day at Singapore Cubewerkz Open 2016.
Competitions
- Singapore Jumbo June 2025 · 8 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Singapore March Classics 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Singapore Championship 2025 · 7 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Singapore Cube Championship 2018 · 24 Feb 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2017 · 18 Feb 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Singapore 333 Cube Competition 2016 · 27 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Singapore Cubewerkz Open 2016 · 18 Jun 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Singapore Rubik's Cube Competition 2016 · 20 Feb 2016
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.
- Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Tristan Chua Yong — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Wong Chong Wen (黄崇文) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 2.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.