People · United States
Joshua Chen
3×3 · top 12.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2012 · 2012CHEN19
Joshua Chen has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.62, set at Irvine Summer 2022, puts him in the top 12.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,756th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since July 2012, he has put 74 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.81 in July 2012 to 11.62, a 44% improvement. Joshua has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 11.62 | 12.83 | top 12.6% | 6,756 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.56 | 6.30 | top 20.9% | 8,206 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 55.13 | 1:00.06 | top 30.9% | 4,869 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.09 | 44.05 | top 57.4% | 7,996 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:22.15 | 2:32.36 | top 62.1% | 5,359 / 9,401 |
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 Oct 2015First sub-15 3×3: 12.98 at Irvine Fall 2015.
- 18 Aug 2012First sub-20 3×3: 17.86 at St. Joseph's College Summer 2012.
- 28 Jul 2012First competition: Jersey Shore Open 2012. A 20.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Irvine Summer 2022 · 28 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2019 · 17 Aug 2019
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Irvine Fall 2015 · 11 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- St. Joseph's College Summer 2012 · 18 Aug 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Jersey Shore Open 2012 · 28 Jul 2012
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.
- Shane Grogan — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brandon Kao — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Nate Minkevich — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.