People · United States
Jaden Chen
3×3 · top 6.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022CHEN46
Jaden Chen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.75, set at Slow N Steady Spring 2024, puts him in the top 6.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,706th in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since July 2022, he has put 179 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.08 in July 2022 to 9.75, a 35% improvement. Jaden 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.75 | 12.77 | top 6.8% | 3,706 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.06 | 23.17 | top 18.0% | 2,316 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 3.38 | 4.65 | top 18.7% | 7,342 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:55.63 | — | top 32.0% | 660 / 2,092 | |
| 4×4 | 57.52 | 1:01.81 | top 33.7% | 5,393 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 25.04 | 38.92 | top 39.2% | 2,547 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 1:58.03 | 2:27.02 | top 48.1% | 4,015 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.23 | 14.34 | top 68.6% | 20,303 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 3:18.29 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,356 / 7,841 |
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
- 13 Apr 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.75 at Slow N Steady Spring 2024.
- 7 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady Fall 2023.
- 20 Aug 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.63 at SacCubing XII 2022.
- 2 Jul 2022First competition: New York Championship 2022. A 15.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- South Jersey Speedsolving 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XII 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- New York Championship 2022 · 2 Jul 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.
- Jamie Chen — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Adam Martinson — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Brad Hoffman — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 4.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.