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Jeffrey Chen

3×3 · top 0.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023CHEJ07

Jeffrey Chen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.64, set at Cape May Summer A 2026, puts him in the top 0.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 206th in the United States. Until March 2013, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 57 competitions since October 2023, he has put 2,155 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.41 in October 2023 to 5.64, a 40% improvement. Jeffrey has entered 57 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.3% of 284,439 all-time
5.64
signature single · Cape May Summer A 2026
2,155
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×35.646.86
top 0.3%206 / 59,724
2×21.002.20
top 0.55%229 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed11.1214.73
top 2.0%311 / 15,683
4×430.2833.96
top 3.0%484 / 19,072
Skewb2.685.58
top 3.5%552 / 18,907
Pyraminx3.687.11
top 6.2%1,590 / 28,708
3×3 blindfolded39.32—
top 6.6%129 / 2,092
Square-110.3621.50
top 6.8%498 / 6,743
5×51:04.891:13.88
top 8.3%648 / 9,401
Megaminx57.741:02.97
top 8.8%606 / 7,841
Clock6.948.20
top 10.7%826 / 8,927
6×62:22.442:43.25
top 21.7%768 / 4,196
7×74:03.654:26.96
top 32.2%897 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves—
early days — 1 solve1,575 / 2,040

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

Jurupa Valley Cubing Fall 2023: 9.41Thankful for Cubing RPV 2023: 10.37UCSD Winter 2024: 8.31New-Cumberland County 2024: 8.63Berwick Spring 2024: 7.66New Jersey Championship 2024: 7.54Pennsylvania Championship 2024: 8.39Cubing in the Ocean County 2024: 7.51Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 8.14Niagara Falls Summer 2024: 6.75Pretzel Mania Summer 2024: 7.50Hudson Valley Summer 2024: 5.65New York Championship 2024: 6.51Tri-State Corner Comms PA 2024: 7.44Christmas City Cubing PA 2024: 6.63M Moves in Middlebury 2024: 7.05Cumberland County Fall 2024: 7.29ALL1- Empire State 2024: 6.44Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024: 7.94Happy Valley Fall PA 2024: 6.26Long Island Winter Solstice 2024: 6.66Kisco Cubing 2025: 7.30Pop Off Princeton 2025: 6.32PBs in Palisades Open 2025: 6.21Hudson Valley Winter 2025: 6.68PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025: 5.84Happy Valley Spring PA 2025: 6.42PBs in Palisades Winter 2025: 6.49Liberty Science Center Open A 2025: 6.31King of Prussia Spring 2025: 6.58East Berlin Eccentric Blocks PA 2025: 6.52Worlds Prep in Palisades 2025: 6.60Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 6.88Binghamton Summer 2025: 6.84Bucks County Cubing PM 2025: 6.54CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025: 6.01Liberty Science Center Fall A 2025: 6.37NxNything Goes Bloomsburg 2025: 6.46Ephrata Fall 2025: 6.65Elmira Miracle 2025: 7.65Wide Moves & Waterslides CT 2026: 7.01PBs in Palisades Open 2026: 5.99Liberty Science Center Open B 2026: 6.24Empire State ALL11-Stars 2026: 6.44King of Prussia Spring 2026: 6.20PBs in Palisades Spring 2026: 6.64Edgemont Cubing 2026: 6.91Welcome to Washington D.C. 2026: 7.29RCBC Cube Day NJ 2026: 5.94LCCC Cubing Summer 2026: 6.10Axemann Summer 2026: 6.00Cape May Summer A 2026: 5.64Mid-Atlantic Warm-Up 2026: 6.32Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 6.445.6410.3715 Oct 202314 Aug 2026

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.

  • Rex Ozsvath — met in 251 rounds, finished ahead 146 times
  • Nico Ozsvath — met in 249 rounds, finished ahead 119 times
  • Evan Liu — met in 233 rounds, finished ahead 72 times

Next targets

  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.