People · Canada
Isaac Chen
3×3 · top 0.57% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022CHEN89
Isaac Chen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.14, set at Pickering Mini Afternoon 2024, puts him in the top 0.57% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 51st in Canada. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since October 2022, he has put 213 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.02 in October 2022 to 6.14, a 53% improvement. Isaac has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 6.14 | 8.36 | top 0.57% | 51 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 2.26 | 3.38 | top 6.7% | 432 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 41.18 | 45.70 | top 13.5% | 340 / 3,118 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.10 | 7.63 | top 13.8% | 541 / 4,858 | |
| Megaminx | 1:16.57 | 1:25.68 | top 19.7% | 182 / 1,375 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.08 | 24.83 | top 23.5% | 505 / 2,620 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:39.96 | — | early days — 1 solve | 84 / 351 | |
| 5×5 | 1:44.03 | 2:15.09 | top 38.4% | 480 / 1,499 | |
| Skewb | 13.28 | 16.29 | top 71.9% | 2,076 / 2,907 |
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
- 21 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Pickering Mini Afternoon 2024.
- 8 Jun 2024Six personal bests in one day at Battle of Waterloo 2024.
- 15 Apr 2023First sub-10 3×3: 7.30 at Newmarket Favourites 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Newmarket Favourites 2023.
- 29 Oct 2022First competition: Ajax NxNxN 2022. A 13.02 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Newmarket Side Events 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kitchener Mini Morning 2024 · 19 Oct 2024
- Pickering Mini Afternoon 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Battle of Waterloo 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Scarborough Fall A 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering Fall A 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Appleby Summer B 2023 · 13 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Newmarket Favourites 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Ajax NxNxN 2022 · 29 Oct 2022
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.
- Burno Li Chak Kwan (李澤堃) — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
- Max Xiong (熊锐明) — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Prosper Huang — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.