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Maoxuan Chen (陈茂轩)

Megaminx · top 0.95% of 34,786 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018CHEM01

Maoxuan Chen (陈茂轩) has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 37.05, set at Xi'an Open 2024, puts him in the top 0.95% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21st in China. Until May 2016, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since July 2018, he has put 686 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.68 in July 2018 to 7.34, a 37% improvement. Maoxuan has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 0.95% of 34,786 all-time
37.05
signature single · Xi'an Open 2024
686
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Megaminx37.0545.05
top 0.95%21 / 1,678
3×37.349.07
top 1.8%621 / 28,153
4×429.1233.32
top 2.3%219 / 5,926
Pyraminx2.744.63
top 2.8%329 / 10,224
Clock4.315.43
top 2.9%49 / 1,843
3×3 one-handed12.1015.68
top 3.1%269 / 5,922
2×21.902.71
top 4.1%546 / 15,796
5×51:03.121:10.61
top 7.3%346 / 2,816
Skewb3.896.25
top 10.1%605 / 5,004
Square-114.7217.29
top 15.8%239 / 1,362
7×73:20.313:40.13
top 16.4%342 / 1,261
6×62:26.682:34.85
top 23.9%523 / 1,349
3×3 blindfolded2:20.58—
top 40.3%584 / 1,183
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves—
early days — 1 solve515 / 1,058

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

Hefei Summer 2018: 11.68Nanning Open 2018: 13.57China Championship 2019: 10.63Shenyang Open 2023: 8.02Fushun Open 2024: 9.39Shenyang Spring 2024: 7.34Xi'an Open 2024: 9.20Dalian Open 2024: 8.14Harbin Open 2024: 9.07Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 8.38Shenzhen Open 2024: 9.83Zhengzhou Open 2024: 7.77Yancheng Open 2024: 9.15Linhai Newcomers 2025: 9.24Shenyang Spring 2025: 9.02Beijing Only 3x3 2025: 7.84Zhuhai Pi Day 2026: 7.55Foshan Open 2026: 8.967.3413.5714 Jul 20182 May 2026

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 7.05 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.