People · United States
Jonathan Chu
3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2019 · 2019CHUJ01
Jonathan Chu has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.80, set at Niskayuna Nimble Fingers 2023, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,429th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since September 2019, he has put 183 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.83 in September 2019 to 7.80, a 54% improvement. Jonathan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 7.80 | 9.70 | top 2.4% | 1,429 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.08 | 4.70 | top 5.3% | 2,105 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.26 | 20.78 | top 10.8% | 1,431 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 55.85 | 1:02.65 | top 31.8% | 5,031 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 6.91 | 8.17 | top 33.0% | 5,525 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 15.14 | 17.67 | top 82.3% | 24,315 / 28,708 |
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
- 11 Mar 2023Five personal bests in one day at Niskayuna Nimble Fingers 2023.
- 30 Jul 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.38 at East Brunswick Open 2022.
- 30 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at East Brunswick Open 2022.
- 23 Nov 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.44 at SBU Fall 2019.
- 23 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at SBU Fall 2019.
- 14 Sep 2019First competition: Ridge Cubing Fall 2019. A 16.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Parsippany Mini AM 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Niskayuna Nimble Fingers 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Empire State Winter Warmup 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- St. Joseph's Prep 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- East Brunswick Open 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- SBU Fall 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Ridge Cubing Fall 2019 · 14 Sep 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.
- Noah Kim — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Evan Liu — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Livia Kleiner — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.80 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.