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James Chan (陈永恩)

3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022YANJ02

James Chan (陈永恩) has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.62, set at Cubing by Quinns Beach 2023, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 111th in Singapore. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since December 2022, he has put 539 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. James has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time
8.62
signature single · Cubing by Quinns Beach 2023
539
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSingapore
3×38.6210.68
top 4.0%111 / 1,546
Clock6.297.46
top 8.3%40 / 178
2×22.714.33
top 11.0%156 / 1,053
Pyraminx6.3411.51
top 22.5%196 / 645
3×3 one-handed32.0448.99
top 51.3%294 / 460
Skewb9.9118.14
top 54.4%234 / 353

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

NTU Welcome 2023: 9.06Singapore Championship 2023: 10.84Yong Jun KL Speedcubing 2023: 10.11UoSM Cube Day 2023: 8.71Singapore AMK CC Cubing B 2023: 11.02Victorian Open 2023: 9.36Stulang Cube Party 2023: 9.65Singapore Mini 2023: 11.13IUKL SOR 2023: 9.25Penang Cube Masters 2023: 10.44Johor Mini 2023: 9.87Cubing by Quinns Beach 2023: 8.62MYHM Singapore Championship 2024: 9.77Twist & Fries Johor Bahru 2024: 10.03Singapore Newcomers 2024: 10.68UoSM Cube Open 2024: 10.10USM Penang Cube 2024: 10.06Johor Cube Open 2024: 9.59Perth Winter 2024: 9.87Singapore Championship 2025: 10.06Singapore March Classics 2025: 11.51gateway KLIA2 Cube Open 2025: 10.60Twist & Fries Johor Bahru 2025: 10.828.6211.5131 Dec 202222 Jun 2025

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
  • A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.29 away.

Targets move as he improves.