People · United States
JJ Chen
3×3 · top 13.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019CHEN20
JJ Chen has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.98, set at Woodberry Forest School Cubing 2019, puts him in the top 13.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,540th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since February 2019, he has put 99 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.59 in February 2019 to 11.98, a 23% improvement. JJ 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 | 11.98 | 15.36 | top 13.9% | 7,540 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 4.20 | 4.68 | top 29.1% | 11,734 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.86 | 35.57 | top 46.4% | 6,392 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.01 | 1:20.08 | top 50.7% | 8,690 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 3:46.49 | — | early days — 3 solves | 8,531 / 9,537 | |
| Skewb | 19.98 | 28.72 | top 89.7% | 17,512 / 19,164 |
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
- 7 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 11.98 at Woodberry Forest School Cubing 2019.
- 7 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Woodberry Forest School Cubing 2019.
- 16 Feb 2019First competition: CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019. A 15.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- New York Championship 2024 · 14 Sep 2024
- Potomac Speedcubing 2020 · 11 Jan 2020
- TJHSST Fall 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019
- Northern Virginia Summer 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Woodberry Forest School Cubing 2019 · 7 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019 · 16 Feb 2019
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.
- Tommy Szeliga — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aubrey Trace — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Hassan Khanani — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.98 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
Targets move as he improves.