People · Canada
Jacky Chen
3×3 · top 19.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023CHEJ11
Jacky Chen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.47, set at Waterloo Winter 2025, puts him in the top 19.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,835th in Canada. Across 8 competitions since December 2023, he has put 121 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.98 in December 2023 to 13.47, a 46% improvement. Jacky 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 13.47 | 17.00 | top 19.2% | 1,835 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 3.79 | 5.81 | top 23.9% | 1,615 / 7,245 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.68 | 10.09 | top 25.3% | 1,098 / 4,913 | |
| Megaminx | 1:57.13 | 2:11.20 | top 44.3% | 497 / 1,393 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.00 | 1:22.12 | top 46.9% | 1,299 / 3,180 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 46 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 208 / 284 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.85 | 51.56 | top 69.2% | 1,683 / 2,632 | |
| 5×5 | 2:47.38 | — | top 73.7% | 1,039 / 1,546 | |
| 6×6 | 6:36.10 | — | early days — 2 solves | 621 / 683 |
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
- 25 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Waterloo Winter 2025.
- 28 Dec 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.72 at Wrap It Up Barrie 2024.
- 28 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Wrap It Up Barrie 2024.
- 8 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Battle of Waterloo 2024.
- 18 Feb 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.36 at Greater Toronto 2024.
- 18 Feb 2024Five personal bests in one day at Greater Toronto 2024.
Competitions
- Pickering NxNxN Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Waterloo Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Wrap It Up Barrie 2024 · 28 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC Canada 2024 · 23 Nov 2024
- Appleby Summer 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Waterloo 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Greater Toronto 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Pickering Favourites Autumn 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
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 Chak Kwan Li (李澤堃) — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lucas Nieuwland — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Abdullah Gulab — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.79 away.
Targets move as he improves.