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Joy Chen

3×3 · top 92.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023CHEJ10

Joy Chen has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 1:01.75, set at Brisbane Summer 2024, puts her in the top 92.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 56,183rd in the United States. Across 2 competitions since November 2023, she has put 14 official solves on the record across three events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 1:19.31 in November 2023 to 1:01.75, a 22% improvement. Joy has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 92.2% of 284,439 all-time
1:01.75
signature single · Brisbane Summer 2024
14
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×31:01.751:11.04
top 92.2%56,183 / 59,724
2×227.8336.34
top 98.4%40,546 / 40,951
Pyraminx44.92
early days — 1 solve28,684 / 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

QUT Qube Challenge Sunday 2023: 1:19.31Brisbane Summer 2024: 1:01.751:01.751:19.3126 Nov 20233 Feb 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 her.

  • Tom van Evert — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Bryce Ballam — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Hao Do — met in 4 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
  • A sub-25 2×2 single — 182,590 people have one; it is 2.83 away.

Targets move as she improves.