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Joseph Chen

3×3 · top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022CHEN16

Joseph Chen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.56, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,998th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 38 competitions since March 2022, he has put 792 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.03 in March 2022 to 10.56, a 30% improvement. Joseph has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time
10.56
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023
792
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.5613.00
top 9.1%4,998 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed19.3026.36
top 18.6%2,396 / 15,683
2×23.595.63
top 21.3%8,333 / 40,951
4×449.481:00.27
top 24.1%3,675 / 19,072
Skewb6.6910.56
top 31.2%5,167 / 18,907
Pyraminx7.5510.84
top 32.5%9,104 / 28,708
5×51:56.232:09.47
top 46.9%3,896 / 9,401
Square-130.3538.33
top 50.0%3,271 / 6,743
Clock19.2121.80
top 62.4%5,279 / 8,927
6×65:10.70—
early days — 1 solve3,374 / 4,196
Megaminx3:29.73—
early days — 2 solves6,663 / 7,841
3×3 Fewest Moves55 moves—
early days — 1 solve1,801 / 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

SacCubing XI 2022: 15.03Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022: 15.38Bay Area Speedcubin' 31A - Mill Valley 2022: 15.10A Bruin Cube Day 2022: 14.01Bay Area Speedcubin' 32 LIVE - SSF 2022: 13.40SacCubing XII 2022: 15.64Berkeley Fall 2022: 15.39Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022: 13.56Circle City Supercharged 2022: 13.43Bay Area Speedcubin' 40 - San Ramon 2022: 13.40SacCubing XIII 2023: 14.91Berkeley Winter A 2023: 15.36Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023: 16.04Berkeley Spring 2023: 11.42Reno Spring 2023: 13.89Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023: 18.02Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023: 15.79Bay Area Speedcubin' 46 Live - SSF 2023: 13.98Cal Poly SLO Spring 2023: 13.35Bay Area Speedcubin' 47 - Berkeley Pride 2023: 11.40Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023: 11.39Berkeley Summer 2023: 10.68Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023: 10.56Reno Fall 2023: 15.01SacCubing XV 2023: 12.28Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023: 12.30Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 13.16Davis Fall 2023: 11.11Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023: 14.69Claws Up Winter 2023: 11.85Reno Winter 2024: 11.90SacCubing XVI 2024: 11.60Davis Winter 2024: 10.83Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024: 12.19Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024: 11.7810.5618.0227 Mar 202227 Apr 2024

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 4.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.