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Jonathan Chen

2×2 · top 19.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025CHEJ11

Jonathan Chen has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.40, set at BC Championship 2026, puts him in the top 19.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,440th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since October 2025, he has put 90 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.46 in October 2025 to 3.40, a 24% improvement. Jonathan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 19.0% of 186,767 all-time
3.40
signature single · BC Championship 2026
90
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.404.51
top 19.0%7,440 / 40,951
3×315.5120.16
top 26.1%14,268 / 59,724
Pyraminx7.778.37
top 34.3%9,681 / 28,708
Clock19.4322.15
top 63.0%5,342 / 8,927

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

Richmond Fall 2025: 4.46North Sound Spring 2026: 4.68Kent Spring 2026: 5.39Seattle Summer 2026: 3.71BC Championship 2026: 3.403.405.3911 Oct 20257 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.