People · United States
Joshua Chen
3×3 · top 8.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017CHEN14
Joshua Chen has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.34, set at Chicago Area Twist Spring 2019, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,658th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since February 2017, he has put 335 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.52 in May 2017 to 10.34, a 41% improvement. Joshua has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 10.34 | 13.48 | top 8.5% | 4,658 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.83 | 3.92 | top 12.3% | 4,846 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 46.91 | 54.35 | top 20.7% | 3,146 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.11 | 9.61 | top 20.8% | 5,601 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 9.22 | 11.56 | top 21.1% | 1,630 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 21.59 | 26.23 | top 31.5% | 2,038 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.71 | 31.27 | top 33.4% | 4,389 / 15,683 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 36 moves | 43.33 | top 33.6% | 738 / 2,040 | |
| Skewb | 7.68 | 10.94 | top 38.9% | 6,678 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:57.41 | 2:15.63 | top 47.7% | 3,974 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:21.47 | — | top 57.2% | 4,301 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:51.08 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,777 / 2,092 |
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
- 16 Jun 2019Three personal bests in one day at Chicago Area Twist Spring 2019.
- 26 May 2018Three personal bests in one day at Clock N' Cats 2018.
- 28 Apr 2018Four personal bests in one day at Three Seconds Snakes 2018.
- 16 Sep 2017First sub-15 3×3: 11.73 at Wiscube 2017.
- 16 Sep 2017Three personal bests in one day at Wiscube 2017.
- 19 Aug 2017Five personal bests in one day at Michigan 2017.
Competitions
- Madison Summer 2019 · 21 Sep 2019
- Chicago Area Twist Spring 2019 · 16 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Albany Winter 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Americas 2018 · 4 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Clock N' Cats 2018 · 26 May 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Three Seconds Snakes 2018 · 28 Apr 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Elk Cubing 2018 · 18 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Lions Cubing 2018 · 21 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- ChicaGhosts 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiscube 2017 · 16 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Michigan 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- Hillcrest Cubing 2017 · 1 Jul 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2017 · 6 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Wisconsin Winter 2017 · 12 Feb 2017
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.
- Simon Kellum — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Joshua Feran — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Walker Welch — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.