Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → United States → Kai Chan

People · United States

Kai Chan

3×3 · top 23.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2013 · 2013CHAN04

Kai Chan has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.72, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2018, puts him in the top 23.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,704th in the United States. Across 21 competitions since April 2013, he has put 171 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.11 in April 2013 to 14.72, a 60% improvement. Kai has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 23.5% of 284,439 all-time
14.72
signature single · CubingUSA Nationals 2018
171
official solves on the record
19%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.7220.31
top 23.5%12,704 / 59,724
2×23.856.66
top 24.6%9,640 / 40,951

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

Berkeley Spring 2013: 37.11World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 29.47Berkeley Summer 2013: 26.31Bay Area Speedcubin' Summer 2013: 25.75Bay Area Speedcubin' 2 2014: 31.41Berkeley Spring 2014: 27.84US Nationals 2014: 22.86Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2015: 23.96Berkeley Fall 2015: 24.40Bay Area Speedcubin' 8 2016: 21.48Berkeley Winter 2016: 20.76US Nationals 2016: 19.55Berkeley Summer 2016: 23.41Hayward Rubik's Rumble 2016: 15.72Skillcon 2016: 20.12Armin Open 2017: 18.89Berkeley Winter 2017: 15.13SacCubing I 2017: 17.59Berkeley Spring 2017: 15.216.25 Bay Area 2017: 16.84CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 14.7214.7237.1127 Apr 201327 Jul 2018

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.

  • Riley Woo — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Ryan Jew — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Paul Mahvi — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.72 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.