People · Australia
Jenson Chen
Skewb · top 6.5% of 73,281 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023CHEN13
Jenson Chen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.28, set at Melbourne Summer 2026, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 185th in Australia. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since January 2023, he has put 307 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.96 in January 2023 to 11.04, a 52% improvement. Jenson has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.28 | 6.03 | top 6.5% | 185 / 3,534 | |
| 2×2 | 2.66 | 3.31 | top 10.5% | 786 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 11.04 | 13.17 | top 10.6% | 943 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.11 | 7.98 | top 13.9% | 666 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.32 | 29.77 | top 37.7% | 865 / 2,659 | |
| Square-1 | 26.59 | 35.27 | top 42.6% | 412 / 899 | |
| 4×4 | 1:23.29 | — | top 58.5% | 1,638 / 3,051 |
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
- 9 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2026.
- 24 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2025.
- 2 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at Altona Algorithms 2024.
- 19 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2024.
- 1 Jul 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.92 at Victorian Open 2023.
Competitions
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Kensington May Sunday 2024 · 12 May 2024
- Altona Algorithms 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Kensington Summer Sunday 2023 · 12 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 69 rounds, never finished ahead
- Roman Rudakov — met in 69 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Joshi — met in 65 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.