People · Australia
Joseph Chen
3×3 · top 6.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024CHEN35
Joseph Chen has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.52, set at Australian Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 565th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2024, he has put 89 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.78 in March 2024 to 9.52, a 52% improvement. Joseph 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.52 | 10.31 | top 6.2% | 565 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 3.77 | 5.28 | top 23.6% | 1,811 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 1:57.21 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,457 / 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
- 29 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.53 at Melbourne Cube Days 2025.
- 5 Oct 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.48 at Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024First competition: Cubing at The Game Expo 2024. A 19.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- VIC State Championship 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024 · 19 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at The Game Expo 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
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.
- Jacob Joshi — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Xavier Lianto — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Benjamin Kao — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.52 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.