People · New Zealand
Jason Chen
3×3 · top 37.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024CHEJ02
Jason Chen has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.24, set at Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025, puts him in the top 37.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 775th in New Zealand. Across 5 competitions since August 2024, he has put 72 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.43 in August 2024 to 19.24, a 24% improvement. Jason has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 19.24 | 21.13 | top 37.8% | 775 / 2,095 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.21 | 11.95 | top 38.0% | 502 / 1,141 | |
| 2×2 | 5.84 | 8.18 | top 49.2% | 836 / 1,615 | |
| Skewb | 11.03 | 16.12 | top 61.0% | 433 / 666 |
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
- 10 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.87 at Auckland Autumn 2025.
- 31 Aug 2024First competition: South Auckland Side Events 2024. A 25.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Auckland Autumn 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Springing into Auckland 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- South Auckland Side Events 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
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.
- Jacob Coring — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Kaden Ho — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Chris Mills — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.24 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.