People · United States
Kristen Chu
2×2 · top 5.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024CHUK01
Kristen Chu has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.08, set at Mystic Cubikon 2024, puts her in the top 5.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,105th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2024, she has put 166 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Kristen has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.08 | 4.51 | top 5.3% | 2,105 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.25 | 6.59 | top 8.9% | 2,312 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 11.28 | 13.00 | top 11.4% | 6,130 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 6.24 | 11.01 | top 27.6% | 4,515 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:17.57 | 1:34.01 | top 53.9% | 9,161 / 19,072 |
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
- 9 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at No Clocks in Greenpoint 2026.
- 28 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Empire State Spring Sprint 2024.
- 13 Apr 2024First competition: Edgemont Cubing 2024. A 12.15 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- No Clocks in Greenpoint 2026 · 9 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Edgemont Cubing 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Mystic Cubikon 2024 · 28 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Empire State Spring Sprint 2024 · 28 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Edgemont Cubing 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Parker Trager — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Milan Vincent Andric — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Nathan Kon — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
Targets move as she improves.